Author: International Enviroguard

Older people remain at heightened risk from COVID-19, and long-term care professionals and nursing home workers are tasked with diligent use of personal protective clothing (PPE) to protect themselves and their patients. According to recent data, mortality rates attributed to the coronavirus...

As the coronavirus death toll mounts, funeral home employees struggle to remain safe in the workplace. Families losing loved ones to COVID-19 often find it difficult to see past their grief and remember safe social distancing practices. It’s almost impossible to tell broken-hearted people that...

Leaders in the U.S. power industry recently lobbied local, state, and federal officials to prioritize their “mission-essential employees” and provide them with critical personal protective equipment (PPE) as the COVID-19 pandemic puts them at heightened risk. The Electricity Subsector...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic stunned the world, everyday people had a loose notion about who was an “essential worker.” If you conducted an impromptu person on the street poll, the top responses would likely have been first responders, doctors, nurses, and government agencies. Since the...

The explosion of wearable devices has environmental health and safety managers wondering if wearables in the workplace are safe and compatible with disposable protective clothing. Health-trackers such as step-counters and cardiovascular monitoring devices prompted many corporate decision-makers to...

Access to information about mental health issues continues to open doors in terms of working people feeling comfortable about discussing issues such as stress and anxiety. This now increasingly acceptable dialogue has prompted environmental health and safety professionals to integrate policies and...

Working at an elevated position inherently increases the risk of workplace injury and death from hard-impact falls. It’s also a fact that many of these falls could have been prevented if more stringent safety measures were taken. Adding additional challenges is these workers are oftentimes...

The need for workers to perform tasks in areas that are considered “confined spaces” heightens the risk of injury and fatalities. These spaces are often not designed for humans to complete a job but are large enough for workers to enter. Making things more difficult is the worker is oftentimes...