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Kenzen Addresses Worker Privacy in Safety Data Collection
As companies around the world rapidly adopt wearable industrial devices to improve worker safety and business productivity, the protection of personal information being collected is an ongoing concern. Protective equipment innovator Kenzen recently launched a physiological monitoring system to keep workers safe from heat, overexertion and illness, and debuted a new privacy policy for its system.
Read MoreNew Home Sales Pause Following Strong Summer Surge
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in September fell 3.5% to 959,000 from a downwardly revised August number, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite the monthly decline, the September rate is 32.1% higher than the September 2019 pace, and on a year-to-date basis, new home sales…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Ticks Up; Highways Dealt a Setback
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during September 2020 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,414.0 billion, 0.3% (±1.0%) above the revised August estimate of $1,410.4 billion. The September figure is 1.5% (±1.3%) above the September 2019 estimate of $1,393.3 billion.
Read MoreMSHA Reports 26th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Nov. 23, a miner was electrocuted while troubleshooting a disconnect box for the classifier drive motor. The victim had the electrical disconnect box open and the main power supply was not de-energized.
Read MoreState DOTs Granted Relief in COVID Package
COVID-19 Emergency Relief Package legislation set for a vote in Congress includes $10 billion for state Departments of Transportation (DOT) to recoup funds lost as a result of the pandemic’s impact on driving habits and lost gas tax revenues in FY2020.
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