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We had the honor of Dr. Linda F. Martin PhD, CIH, CSP, CHMM providing us with a technical review and opinion on our fatigue and alertness solutions PRISM and The AlertMeter^® .

Below is the full review. 

Recently, Predictive Safety’s Senior Aviation Advisor, John Gemmell, and COO, Jeff Sease, conducted an interview with AviationPros.com to discuss the current challenges airline ground service providers are facing with aviation fatigue management, and how the AlertMeter^® technology is helping to ease some of the burdens and create safer working conditions.

Legalizing marijuana, or cannabis, across many states and countries has left safety-sensitive businesses wondering how to manage marijuana use without dismissing current workers or disqualifying hundreds of applicants from employment.

Since pre-employment and random drug tests can reveal THC for days and weeks after use, many workplaces are concerned about losing employees who consume marijuana during their time off in a manner that doesn’t impact their safety and alertness at work.

It’s no secret that sleep apnea takes its toll on your body, but it may come as a surprise that sleep apnea at work could also be damaging your business.

It’s estimated that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is costing American employers a staggering $150 billion a year, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Avoiding Accidents in the Workplace vs. Preventing Accidents in the Workplace

All people and animals are reactive by nature—We sense stimuli, and our brains process these stimuli and prompt reactions in thought or behavior. As such, reacting to hazards and dangerous situations is a natural and instinctual way we try to stay safe in all aspects of life.

But we can often conflate avoiding accidents in the workplace with preventing them, using the latter term when the former is more appropriate. Avoiding a workplace accident suggests that while no harm or damage occurred, the conditions were right and an accident could have happened.