Views: Visits 5 The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) has challenged Nigerians and Nigeria on safety and improved working environment. Joining the rest of the world to commemorate the 2021 World Day for Safety and Health at Work, NIEEE said a better working condition would spur workers to perform better. At a virtual forum organized by NIEEE, the guest speaker, Tony Akinyemi, said the human body is designed to be in a state of wellness, which is always striving to be healthy. He however, said some factors are always the creator of diseases in human bodies. Akinyemi, who spoke on the topic, “Understanding the Causes of Diseases,” stated that the major causes of diseases in the body can be termed as D.A.T.I.I.S.S.
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Despite employees getting vaccinated, contractors will still require masks and social distancing on the job site.
Right now, the construction industry is tackling critical coronavirus vaccine issues: Should employees have the vaccine or not, and does it matter? Can an employer mandate employees be vaccinated before entering a job site? How can an employer successfully overcome vaccine hesitancy?
Deemed essential by the federal government, construction workers have been among priority groups for the coronavirus vaccine.
And professional organizations in the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) are strongly encouraging employees to get the vaccine. The coalition organized a campaign to urge vaccinations, establishing the COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in mid-April.
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Oil & Gas: Using Data to Understand and Address Safety and Health Issues
Finding the balance between productivity and safety is a universal challenge for all industries. In the oil and gas extraction industry, workers are confronted with unique hazards and challenges each day. Presented by members of the NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction Safety and Health Program, this webinar will showcase how data drives NIOSH research and prevention activities in the upstream oil and gas industry.
This session will describe how data are used to: draw attention to an industry with an elevated occupational fatality rate; influence the development of a new NIOSH research program; identify fatal events, workplace exposure hazards, and guide interventions; and inform the use of technologies and risk management systems to prevent fatigue-related incidents.
PRODUCT MIX Face masks and leather handbags and accessories
GROWTH STRATEGY Using its experience producing custom goods, 1 Atelier figured out how to engineer and produce health care facility–quality masks that will likely soon receive certification as N95 substitutes. Sales of the masks covered some of 2020’s missing revenue, allowing the company to survive the year
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By the time New York City s fashion lovers get back to buying handbags at a pre-2020 pace, Stephanie Sarka aims to have a second product line at her company 1 Atelier, which sells custom, luxury accessories: face masks.
The coverings might seem like a strange bet with the pandemic waning and mask mandates being relaxed across the nation. But 1 Atelier s offerings will become an ongoing source of revenue because of an opportunity to sell to state-owned hospitals and other facilities. To that end, the company is putting the masks through the certification process by the National Institute