013 - Understanding OSHA’s National Emphasis Program For Heat Stress

05/19/23 • 13 min

In September of 2021, the US Department of Labor announced enhanced, expanded measures to protect workers from hazards of extreme heat, indoors and out. Those measures included the launch of a rulemaking process to develop a workplace heat standard and deployment of a National Emphasis Program (NEP). The NEP is the agency's first-ever nationwide enforcement measure specifically targeting heat-related hazards and greenlights heat-related inspections on worksites.

In this episode you'll get to know:

What an NEP is and its purpose
What industries are affected by the NEP
What compliance officers are looking for on heat-related inspections
How cooling PPE fits in to your plan

Featured Guest:

Alsie Nelson, Heat Stress Hotshot, Ergodyne

In this episode you'll get to know:

What an NEP is and its purpose
What industries are affected by the NEP
What compliance officers are looking for on heat-related inspections
How cooling PPE fits in to your plan

Featured Guest:

Alsie Nelson, Heat Stress Hotshot, Ergodyne

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012 - The Latest Safety Glasses, Goggles, and the Most Important Standard in Safety Specs

Making sure eye protection meets and exceeds safety standards like ANSI Z87.1 is table stakes, but that doesn't necessarily mean those safety glasses are ready to take on the realities of the worksite. Ergodyne Product Director Tim Gallant joins the pod to discuss the most important standards in safety specs: the workers'. Through the lens (ha!) of the latest additions to Ergodyne's Safety Glasses + Goggles Series, he takes us through the considerations—big and small—his team puts into developing glasses and goggles that a) get worn and b) stand up to how they're usually treated on the job (hint: not very well).

In this episode you'll get to know:

The newest additions to Ergodyne's Safety Glasses + Goggles Series
The most important considerations in developing and selecting protective eyewear
How workers help uncover small details that come up big

Featured Guest:
Tim Gallant, Primary Peeper Protector, Ergodyne

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014 - New Tool Tethering Solution Hits the Sweet Spot: Simplicity, Safety and Performance

As the pioneer in tool tethering, Ergodyne has a long history of innovation in the category, and the Squids 3745 Tool Grip and Tether Attachment Point might be their most clever solution to date. Nate Bohmbach, Product Director at Ergodyne and Chair of the Dropped Object Prevention Group at ISEA, joins the pod to give you the scoop.
In this episode, you'll get to know:

The challenges and pain points of tethering screw and nut drivers
How end user feedback helped solve those pain points
How this new tool tethering solution doesn't just improve safety and simplify tool tethering, but actually improve the usability of the tool

Featured Guest:
Nate Bohmbach, Chief Drop Cop