Survey Finds Timely Communication is Must-Have in Emergency
- AlertMedia has published “Closing the Workplace Safety Gap”, comprising the insights from the Austin, Texas-based firm’s 2025 Employee Safety Report.
- The firm surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. employees to understand how they feel about their physical safety and mental well-being at work. This year’s survey also included 1,000 full-time U.K. employees to add an international perspective.
- Among the key findings, more than 80% of both U.S. and U.K. employees have firsthand experience with emergencies at work but more than 35% don’t feel prepared to manage these events.
- As far as communicating emergencies, some 60% expect their employer to contact them within 10 minutes of an emergency.
- The company provides threat intelligence, emergency communication, and travel risk management services.
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AAA: Wider Selection of Warning Lights Makes for Safer Roadside Work
- A new AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety provides suggestions for how tow trucks and other roadside service vehicles can best safely operate in a wide range of roadway environments and conditions.
- The study found that several techniques are successful in drawing attention to a special-purpose vehicle, especially at night. This includes using lightbars with LED lighting, using a faster flash rate (typically 1 to 4 Hz), increasing the luminous intensity of the warning lights and increasing the amount of retroreflective sheeting on the vehicle.
- The fatal and serious injury rate is about 16 times higher for towing and service technicians than other industries, as they are at high risk of being struck by passing motorists while working at the roadside, the report says.
- OSHA data identified 106 cases of tow truck operators being killed or severely injured in the 15 years through 2017. according to the report.
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Construction Nanomaterials Need More Accurate Safety Documentation
- Researchers from the Center for Construction Research and Training have found that most safety data sheets for construction materials containing nanotechnology need improvement when it comes to accurately listing engineered nanomaterial composition.
- Analysis of a sample of 33 sheets and product data from a public database of nano-enabled construction products “revealed several discrepancies between the actual product composition and what was listed in the SDS.”
- Some 70% of the safety data sheets were found “in need of significant improvement,” while another 12% “were in need of improvement.”
- According to the report, more than 50 kinds of engineered nanomaterials are currently used in construction products.
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