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H2S Gas — What you need to know about hydrogen sulfide

What is H2S gas? Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is a gas commonly found during the drilling and production of crude oil and natural gas, plus in...

7 Safety Incidents You Should Look Out for in the Oil & Gas Industry

Oil prices are soft, with many companies facing budget constraints and cuts. Yet, health and safety programs can’t take a back seat....

Ammonia gas — what you need to know about it

What is ammonia gas? The New York Department of Health describes ammonia gas as a colorless, alkaline gas comprised of nitrogen and...

Four Gas Monitor — gas detection for complex environments

When facing unknown environmental hazards invisible to the body’s senses, a gas detector is the first line of defense for worker safety....

10 SAFETY INCIDENTS YOU SHOULDN'T OVERLOOK

TOP ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SAFETY INCIDENTS One of the world’s most dangerous industries, engineering and construction, accounts...

Health and Safety in Construction

Guest post by Amy Usher, Don Valley Engineering

Contractor Safety: Are You Responsible When They are On Site?

Dealing with contractors on site who don’t know of, or adhere to, your safety procedures can be risky. Subject to fines or even jail...

6 Tips for Dealing with Black Ice

With winter fast approaching, the risk of a slip, trip, or fall as a result of black ice increases. To help reduce this risk, follow the...

Identifying Lone Workers: When Lone Doesn’t Mean Alone—Driving

Professional drivers are a unique class of lone workers. Although they may be alone in their vehicles, they share the road with plenty...

Lone Worker Policy: Create The Right Safety Policy For Your Organization

A lone working policy can be one of the most important ways an organization can protect the health and safety of its employees. It can...

Lone Worker Risk Assessment Checklist

While some companies may have one type of lone working scenario to manage, others businesses may have many. Depending on the number and...

The MPS Sensor: The First Flammable Gas Sensor You Can Count On

The next generation of combustible gas detectors is here, providing unprecedented accuracy, reliability and safety for workers....

A Guide to Lone Working Risk Assessment

Evaluating and mitigating risks for the lone workers in your company allows you to provide protection for your most at risk employees...

MAN-DOWN DETECTION—BENEFITS TO LONE WORKERS

From manufacturing, transportation and utilities to biotech & pharma, working conditions can be dangerous. If one of your employees...

EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: 8 INCIDENTS YOU SHOULDN'T OVERLOOK

From food production to automotive fabrication, the manufacturing industry incorporates a diverse spectrum of manufacturers, including ...

Fire and Hazmat Gas Monitoring Guide: Take Command of Your Response

For fire service teams responding to hazardous materials (hazmat) scenarios, speed and accuracy are of the essence. Hazmat incidents...

Workplace exposure limits have changed — are you ready?

Future-proof your gas detection fleet with G7 We developed our award-winning G7 based on 10 years of connected safety innovation. Over...

Five Strategies for Ensuring Safety and Operations Work Together to Improve Performance

David Michaels is an epidemiologist and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public...

ARE CHECK-IN CALLS ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR STAFF SAFE?

From facing unpredictable weather conditions and wildlife to working with hazardous chemicals or heavy-duty equipment in perilous...

Your Complete Guide to Lone Worker Safety Devices

Employers have a legal obligation, known as duty of care, to keep employees safe in the workplace. This can be accomplished more easily...

Strokes in the Workplace: Recognizing and Responding

In the United States, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death, killing over 133,000 people each year, and a leading cause of...

Building a Leadership-Driven Safety Culture

When Empire Southwest CEO Jeff Whiteman was just a kid, his grandfather, head of Empire at the time, told him that the...

Breaking Down OSHA’s New Guidance on Mitigating COVID-19 in the Workplace

By: Lohrasp Seify, Director of Data Science, Blackline Vision On January 21, U.S. President Joe Biden began his term by signing the ...

How Connected Safety is Transforming the Workplace

Wearable connected technology has become commonplace in our personal lives from tracking our Uber’s location on our phone to checking...

How True Fall Detection Technology Benefits Lone Workers

TRUE FALL DETECTION TECHNOLOGY From natural resources and utilities, to oil & gas and engineering & construction industries—slips, trips...

How Leadership and Perseverance Saved Lives and Transformed Formula 1 Racing

By: Brendon Cook, Chief Technology Officer, Blackline Safety

Keeping Workers Safe With Accurate Combustible Gas Detection

A gas that’s combustible is one that, when mixed with oxygen or air, will burn when ignited. Different mixtures of gas and air will burn...

Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Exposure in the Oil and Gas Industry: Risks and Prevention

On October 26, 2019, a worker and his wife were both fatally injured due to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) exposure at a waterflood station in...

Industry 4.0 and the Digital transformation — Part One

Preventing Gas Exposure with a Data-Driven Approach to Safety

One of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) foremost landfill site operators, Enovert manages more than 2.3 million tonnes of waste each year. In...

Blackline Analytics — empowering decision-making with 'big data'

Blackline's connected solutions generate large volumes of data compared to traditional systems. With the launch of our Blackline...

Fire and Hazmat Response Series (1 of 3): Preparation is more than key, it’s vital.

From chemical fires to gas leaks and explosions, emergency responders are the first on the scene and take control of potentially...

Benefits That Take G7 Portable Gas Detector to the Next Level

G7 gas detectors provide complete safety-related visibility into your entire workplace in real-time, thanks to direct-to-cloud...

3 Fundamental Rights of Workers in Canada

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has released a poster in English and French outlining three indisputable...

Slips, trips and falls in the workplace — 6 tips to reduce them

Slips, trips and falls Slips, trips and falls are one of the largest causes of injuries in workplaces around the World. In 2010, the...

Blackline Introduces new G7 PowerPack for Uncompromised Safety Around the Clock

Our award-winning G7 is known for its complete approach to personal safety monitoring that pushes the boundaries of conventional gas...

What is the cloud and why should businesses care about cloud-connected safety?

WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

Choosing the Right Combustible Gas Detector for Your Worksite

Since each worksite is unique and can present different safety challenges, it’s important to identify and assess risks at each of your...

AUTOMATED LONE WORKER CHECK-IN TECHNOLOGY

MAKING THE DIFFERENCE WITH POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT If one of your lone workers fails to check in, how long will it take to find...

Fire and Hazmat Response Series (3 of 3): Connected Safety Enables Retrospective Analytics After an Incident

Throughout a hazmat response, portable gas detectors and area monitors give first responders and command centers the data and...

THE DANGERS AWAITING YOUR LONE WORKERS

5 REASONS NOT TO UNDERVALUE SAFETY IN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION One of the world’s most dangerous industries, Engineering and...

H2S detector — What Blackline’s new G7 Delivers

H2S exposure As we talked about in Part One of our H2S Series, hydrogen sulfide is a fast acting poison, impacting many systems within...

Multiple language support now in Blackline Live

Global focus on connected safety From the US, Canada and Europe to Kazakhstan, China and beyond, leading businesses around the world are...

Eight Things to Look For in a Lone Worker Safety Device

When a company decides to invest in a lone worker safety monitoring system, lives are on the line; it’s important to consider safety...

Fire and Hazmat Response Series (2 of 3): Have Total Command During an Incident

When a response team arrives on the scene of a chemical release emergency or hazmat incident, they must quickly evaluate the...

Identifying a Lone Worker: When Lone Doesn't Mean Alone

More people work alone than you think. Berg Insight reports there are a whopping 53 million lone workers in Canada, the United States...

Empire Cat Shares Approach to Creating an Effective Lone Worker Policy in OH&S Magazine

Considering a Wi-Fi gas detector?

Wi-Fi connectivity may open the door to risk Wireless gas detection is no longer a well-intentioned promise — the wireless Internet of...

6 Common Workplace Injuries and How You Can Mitigate Them

Employees face a variety of threats to their safety across different industries and roles. The types of workplace injuries below have...

Industry 4.0 and the Digital transformation — Part Two

In the first part of our two-part series about Industry 4.0, we talked about the four industrial revolutions that the world has seen up...

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