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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), part of the Department of Labor, has issued new respirable crystalline silica standards for construction. Through proper preparation, organizations can ensure they are compliant with the new standards and provisions. How do climate control solutions play a role? Remote monitoring is one proactive approach to the issue. Polygon’s remote monitoring (Exactaire) can both detect and mitigate the issues with air scrubbers, filtration, and ventilation to the space to eliminate silica particles from the air. Polygon also provides additional solutions for the construction industry. Click to view or download the whitepaper.

For most of us, visiting the grocery store is a task we perform without much forethought. In fact, according to the 2016 FMI U.S. Shopper Trends Survey, 94% of us feel safe in purchasing our foods at the market and never consider the possible dangers in the food system. Retail grocery stores, as a result, must be vigilant in maintaining that high level of trust by consistently heading off potential hazards.

Silica is a naturally occurring and dangerous mineral. Breathing it can cause serious damage to the lungs. OSHA has a new standard for construction, general industry and maritime regarding this danger.

If a disaster struck your business, how would your documents fare? Unplanned events can have devastating consequences on your operations if vital information is lost. For this reason, document restoration companies recommend that you look to off-site storage solutions. As your business grows, so will the number of documents it maintains. Keeping records you don’t need daily access to at a secure storage facility offers benefits you may not have considered while enhancing business continuity plans.

In 2015, a leaky roof and faulty HVAC system at the Mark Twain House & Museum led to a mold infestation that affected at least 5,000 artifacts, including first editions of the famous author’s books, translations and other documents of interest. The institution was not alone with its condensation control problems. In 2016, the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon closed its doors when it discovered mold.