As the COVID-19 Omicron variant continues to rapidly spread, many jobsites are being forced to halt production due to widespread worker infections. According to the CDC, almost one million new cases are reported per day in the US, and that number doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. The impact of a jobsite…
Is your workforce connected? Your jobsite generates a ton of data from your equipment, but you can’t understand bottlenecks and how to maximize productivity without a clear picture of the humans who work on the site. That data is crucial to making jobsites safe and efficient. So how do you get it? Getting human…
A recent movement sweeping the industrial space is a high demand for worksite optimization data. Increasingly, corporations are relying on location data to understand how people move on the jobsite in order to improve overall safety. This is complex to do and often involves many types of data and interactions: location & presence, access to…
Automate your OSHA COVID-19 compliance process with Triax Technologies. OSHA has issued a new Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19. It mandates that all businesses with 100 employees or more must have each worker provide documentation showing proof of the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing. Organizations will have to develop, implement, and enforce…
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States each year from September 15 to October 15, celebrating the history and culture of Americans who have immigrated or have ancestry from Hispanic and Latinx countries. Maren Gizicki, Human Resources Director at Triax Technologies, is a compassionate and understanding professional who always leaves her door…
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 annually. The celebration begins in the middle rather than the start of September because it coincides with national independence days in several Latin American countries: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica celebrate on the 15th, followed by Mexico on the 16th, Chile…
Building new efficiencies, achieving higher productivity levels and lowering risk are almost always part of a company’s annual goals. But on ever-changing construction jobsites or sprawling industrial facilities, a move toward more efficient and safer workspaces is easier said than done. Tasks change, crews move in and out and the frenetic pace of work and…
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) roles are essential to the construction industry. With so many hazards on the jobsite, it is extremely important to have individuals in place to implement and manage safety strategies as well as analyze and execute on newly introduced hazards to the environment. The conclusion of Construction Safety Week 2021 does…
2020 taught us how important it is to quickly adapt to change. Last year, protocols were updated, technology was added, and work schedules adjusted all in efforts to improve safety for workers and mitigate spread of COVID. Hear what Maurice Cerda, Site Safety Manager for City Safety Compliance Corp, an independent construction safety consulting firm…
A May 2019 explosion at a silicon chemical products manufacturer in Illinois left four workers dead, resulted in more than $1.5 million in fines from federal regulators and underscored the importance of using intrinsically safe electronic devices on hazardous worksites. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the…