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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
RFID Helps Satisfy OSHA Rules for Industrial Respirators
Industrial hygiene service provider Colden Corp. is using passive high-frequency tags (RFID tags) to track the inspection and maintenance of the respirators used by factory workers. As reported in the RFID journal, the tags reduce respirator inspection times by helping Colden employees track when respirators are inspected.
3M was the provider of the respirators. The article quotes Larry Ptastenski, the new business development manager of 3M's Occupational Health & Environmental Safety division as saying: "'The key is that RFID allows the customer to know when something is happening.' The information is stored on 3M's cloud-computing internet-based system, he indicates, and can be customized for the needs of a specific client. Some of 3M's respirator customers are maintenance service providers, while others are the manufacturing sites that use the respirators themselves. In each case, Ptastenski says, the needs for data related to inspections differ slightly. The system enables the customers to create user-defined fields—such as alerting them in advance when, for instance, an air filter cartridge needs to be changed."
Read the complete article in the RFID Journal.
Related Past Blog Posts:
Mandatory Respirator Selection Provisions
Respirator Protection An Important Safety Issue
Respirator Training Scripts Available
3M was the provider of the respirators. The article quotes Larry Ptastenski, the new business development manager of 3M's Occupational Health & Environmental Safety division as saying: "'The key is that RFID allows the customer to know when something is happening.' The information is stored on 3M's cloud-computing internet-based system, he indicates, and can be customized for the needs of a specific client. Some of 3M's respirator customers are maintenance service providers, while others are the manufacturing sites that use the respirators themselves. In each case, Ptastenski says, the needs for data related to inspections differ slightly. The system enables the customers to create user-defined fields—such as alerting them in advance when, for instance, an air filter cartridge needs to be changed."
Read the complete article in the RFID Journal.
Related Past Blog Posts:
Mandatory Respirator Selection Provisions
Respirator Protection An Important Safety Issue
Respirator Training Scripts Available
Labels: Construction / Installation, PPE, Safety Software
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