Across The Wire

1. Everbridge Research: Growing Mobile Workforce Expects Companies To Help Protect Them While Traveling Or Working Off-Site
   6/21/2017

   Everbridge, Inc., a global software company that provides critical event management and enterprise safety applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, recently announced the findings of its research into the safety of mobile, remote and traveling workers.

2. Simplex Group Selects Transflo For Exclusive Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Partnership
   6/15/2017

   Pegasus TransTech, a leader in enterprise mobility, telematics, and business process automation for the transportation industry, recently announced that the Simplex Group, Inc. has signed an exclusive agreement to promote and sell the company’s next-generation Transflo Telematics solution

3. The Quest Begins To Bring Ultra-Speed Wireless Connectivity To First Responders
   6/15/2017

   Researchers met here yesterday to jump-start technology that could enable first responders to relay video in moving ambulances, employ virtual reality in emergencies, receive high-definition images from drones in real time, or control robots in restricted indoor environments too dangerous for humans.

4. Cintas Locations In Northeast Philadelphia And Allentown Earn Highest Safety Designation
   6/13/2017

   Cintas Corporation recently announced that its locations in Northeast Philadelphia and Allentown received Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

5. Rice Electronics Launches Connected Worker Solution With Intel IoT Technology
   6/13/2017

   Rice Electronics recently announced the launch of a Connected Worker Solution with Intel IoT technology.

6. Portacool, LLC Urges Companies To Ensure Worker Safety From Potentially Deadly Heat Illness In The Summer
   6/13/2017

   June marks the official kick-off of summer. According to the National Weather Service, heat produces the greatest number of weather-related fatalities, ahead of flooding and tornados, each year

7. NIOSH And OSHA Introduce Improved Heat Safety App For Outdoor Workers
   6/6/2017

   An updated app for smart phones and other mobile devices can help workers stay safe when working outdoors in hot weather. The free app was redesigned by CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), along with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

8. The Nation's Largest Firing Range Contractor, MT2, Announces New Proprietary Range Filter Technology To Properly Dispose Of Lead Contaminated Hazardous Range Waste
   5/23/2017

   In a February 13, 2017 news report, former employees of an indoor gun range in PA detailed that they were exposed to high levels of lead while working, at four times the acceptable OSHA limit

9. Landmark Workplace Safety And Health Regulation Approved To Reduce Risk Of Major Incidents At Oil Refineries In California
   5/18/2017

   The Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board today approved a landmark regulation to strengthen workplace safety and health at oil refineries across the state

10. Honeywell Launches New Connected Worker Software Aimed At Boosting Safety, Productivity
    5/18/2017

    Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today Honeywell Sotera™, a new, comprehensive safety software platform to support its growing portfolio of connected industrial worker solutions, which are designed to help customers keep their facilities and personnel safe, boost productivity, and lower compliance and administrative costs.