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Workers’ comp report lists top appellate decisions over the past century

Boca Raton, FL — To help commemorate its 100th anniversary, the National Council on Compensation Insurance has published a list of the 10 most significant workers’ compensation appellate decisions since 1923.




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Insulated dipped gloves

Protect hands at work with insulated, nitrile dipped gloves. The GL611 features a smooth ¾-dipped coating with a double-dipped sandy palm coating. The water-resistant glove has a 13-gauge polyester outer liner and a 10-gauge acrylic inner liner.




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App for gas detection

The OELD App allows workers to use a smart device to configure and maintain the OELD smart junction box, the Searchpoint Optima Plus point infrared gas detector and the Searchline Excel connected to it.




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Monitronics Dealers To Go Paperless With ‘E-Contract’ Application

Monitronics International's new application, eContract, enables its dealers to fill out contract information electronically. The new application eliminates the hard-copy paperwork that is traditionally filled out for a new customer contract.




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Reduce Lighting Control Project Audit and Design Time With New Lutron Energi Advisor App

Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, Pa., a provider of energy-saving, wireless light and shade control, is making it simpler than ever to propose and evaluate a Lutron lighting control solution for retrofit applications, according to the company.




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Stopping strain

Back injuries are among the most common injuries in the workplace, incurring above-average workers’ comp­ensation costs. More than half of these injuries occur when employees try to lift objects.




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BCSP to require CSP applicants to have bachelor’s degree

Indianapolis — Beginning July 2, anyone seeking the Certified Safety Professional designation must have a bachelor’s degree, the Board of Certified Safety Professionals announced April 2.




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Redesign PPE to reduce contamination risks, researchers suggest

Cleveland – Health care workers frequently contaminate their skin and clothing when removing gloves or gowns, and researchers from the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center are recommending additional education and redesigned personal protective equipment.




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Despite opposition, medical resident work hours to increase

Chicago – Medical residents and fellows, including first-year residents, will be allowed to work for up to 28 consecutive hours without sleep as part of revised requirements recently approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.




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California bill: Abate hazards during appeals

Sacramento, CA – Reacting to a Chevron refinery fire last year that resulted in thousands of people seeking medical attention after breathing toxic emissions, a California lawmaker has introduced legislation to require abatement of unsafe conditions during any appeals process.




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OSHA: PSM standard exemption applies only to small retail establishments

Washington – Large facilities that store and sell chemicals may no longer be exempt from OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard, the agency announced July 22 in a revised interpretation of its rules.




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Retail exemption for PSM standard must undergo rulemaking process, appeals court rules

Washington – OSHA failed to follow federal rulemaking requirements when it used a memorandum to announce a revised definition of retail facilities exempt from the Process Safety Management Standard, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled.




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Survey asks industrial workers about their mental health and support from employers

New York — Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, construction and transportation industries need better support for their mental and emotional needs, results of a recent survey suggest.




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2021 Monitoring Center Excellence Award Winners Approach Challenge With Compassion

Whenever a natural disaster or tragedy strikes, many invoke the words of popular children’s television host Fred Rogers, told to him by his mother: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” For these Monitoring Center Excellence Award Winners, the helpers are in the central station, helping all the time, even when they’re off the clock.




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AIHA fact sheet addresses PPE for engineered nanoparticles

Washington – The American Industrial Hygiene Association has published a fact sheet that aims to improve safety for workers in the nanotechnology industry.




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HazCom: Chemicals from foreign suppliers

Are HazCom-covered businesses permitted to use and distribute chemicals purchased from foreign suppliers?




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OSHA’s VPP controls are insufficient: report

Washington – OSHA lacks sufficient controls to ensure worksites in the Voluntary Protection Programs maintain “exemplary occupational safety and health systems,” according to a Dec. 16 report from the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General.




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Perez: VPP and SHARP are important

Washington – Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez voiced his support for OSHA cooperative programs, as well as the need to increase the agency’s penalty limits, during a March 18 House hearing on the Department of Labor’s budget request for fiscal year 2016.




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Bipartisan bill would make VPP permanent

Washington – OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs would become a permanent fixture, under bipartisan legislation introduced May 21 in the House.




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Virginia makes VPP permanent

Falls Church, VA – Virginia will become the first state in the nation to codify the Voluntary Protection Programs so that it becomes a permanent fixture of the state's workplace safety program, once recently approved legislation is enacted July 1.




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VPP: Here to stay?

A House bill would make OSHA’s Voluntary Protections Program a permanent fixture within the agency. Should it be? Stakeholders debate the merits of codifying the program in the face of recent criticisms.




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House reps revive legislation to make VPP permanent

Washington – Several members of the House have joined forces to reintroduce bipartisan legislation that would make permanent OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs.




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Will OSHA ‘recalibrate’ VPP? Agency schedules stakeholder meeting

Washington – Seeking to revamp its Voluntary Protection Programs, OSHA has scheduled a stakeholder meeting on July 17 at the Department of Labor’s Frances Perkins Building.




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OSHA to host second public VPP meeting Aug. 28

Washington – The second of two public meetings to discuss how OSHA can “reshape” its Voluntary Protection Programs is scheduled for Aug. 28 in New Orleans.




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VPP and contract workers: Inspector General audit of program calls for improvements

Washington – OSHA has stated that it will change some of the processes in its Voluntary Protection Programs, after a Department of Labor Office of Inspector General audit uncovered several weaknesses in recording and reporting systems involving contract workers.




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Senators push latest bipartisan attempt to make OSHA’s VPP permanent

Washington – Senators on both sides of the aisle are again seeking to make OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs a permanent fixture.




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OSHA launches online portal for VPP applications

Washington — OSHA has a new online portal for employers to submit applications to the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.




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Interface Security Systems Introduces New Business Text Messaging App

Interface Security Systems released a new business text messaging app that allows its restaurant, retail and hospitality customers to communicate with their patrons via SMS and MMS text messages.




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Network Health Monitoring: Opportunities & Challenges

Keeping video surveillance systems up and running can be challenging — in large part because not everything needed to keep the camera functioning properly is under the control of the security integrator.




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Guardian Alarm Launches Mobile App

Guardian Alarm announced the launch of the MyGuardianAlarm mobile app, a new technology tool that provides convenience and control for home and small business owners.




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Matrox Video Appoints Intronics as Distributor Across Benelux & Spain

With headquarters in Barneveld, offices in Belgium and Spain, and additional sales forces throughout Europe, Intronics supplies standard stock products as well as customer-specific solutions in and beyond the Benelux region.




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OSHA to employers: Deadline approaching for submitting Form 300A data

Washington — OSHA is reminding employers to submit their 2020 Form 300A data by March 2.




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Injury and illness reporting deadline approaching, OSHA reminds employers

Washington — OSHA is reminding employers to submit their 2021 Form 300A by March 2.




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Fire Victim Trapped in Apartment for 5 Days Seeks Reparation

A man trapped for five days after a fire tore through an apartment building filed a suit seeking compensation to punish the defendant.




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Appeals Court Upholds Use of Security Cam Footage in Home Invasion Case

A home invasion case recently decided by the Court of Appeals in the State of Michigan involved the use of video from a security camera entered into evidence.




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Marijuana Grower Loses Appeal Over Insurance Coverage for Fire Damage

A court affirmed an insurer’s decision to deny a fire damage claim due to the absence of an automatic extinguishing system.




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Supporting women in construction

“Women seem to have to work harder to prove their knowledge of the subject matter even when they might have more knowledge and experience than a male,” one expert says.




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Women in construction still lack PPE that fits, survey shows

Saratoga, CA — It’s still an issue: A recent survey of women in the construction industry found that gender-appropriate personal protective equipment and maternity-friendly safety equipment is lacking on jobsites.




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Safety I and Safety II: Different approaches with the same goal, experts say

Orlando, FL — Safety I and Safety II have divergent viewpoints, but they can be united and aligned into “Safety Seriously.”




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Perez appoints new whistleblower advisory committee members

Washington – Two new members joined OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, and 13 current members have been reappointed, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced Oct. 20.




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OSHA issues bulletins on PPE, whistleblower rights for temp workers

Washington – OSHA has released information bulletins on personal protective equipment and whistleblower protection rights as part of the agency’s Temporary Worker Initiative.




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PPVAR Welcomes Everon’s Tammy Cozby to Board of Directors

Cozby, vice president of commercial monitoring at Everon, will serve on the PPVAR board as vice president for the alarm industry.




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ASSA ABLOY to Sell Citizen ID Business to TOPPAN

The Citizen ID business area of HID manufactures, designs and implements physical and mobile identity solutions for government to citizen programs around the globe.




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Hanwha Vision delivers AI for every surveillance application

At Booth #14025, Hanwha Vison is highlighting the critical role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diverse surveillance and business operations at ISC West 2024.




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CPI Security Commits $1M to Support Hurricane Helene Relief Initiatives

CPI Security has already sent over 75 employees who have volunteered over 1,000 hours for hurricane relief efforts.




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The Great Service Opportunity

The flip side of the cybersecurity problem is the opportunity to offer cyber-related services.  




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Summer Fun & Opportunities

Summer may be winding down and security is not always known for its lighter side, that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun of our own that doesn’t rely on the weather at all.




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Summer Fun & Opportunities

School security is a growing problem with no easy answers. But security integrators need to be trusted advisors to help their education customers navigate this extremely complex issue.





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Appreciating ‘Ordinary’

IT’S JANUARY. Happy New Year! I hope you have an ordinary year.




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Why Rising PERS Market Is Ripe for Opportunity

The convergence of technology and an aging population seems to make personal emergency response systems (PERS) a perfect fit for integrators to grow RMR. But use cases go far beyond the elderly.