Safety
Total Safety for Workers Includes Protecting Their Personal Data
Protecting employee data should be part of a comprehensive safety plan, so when considering wearables, follow best practices and collaborate with manufacturers with proactive, worker-centric processes in place.
By Heidi E. Lehmann
November 4, 2020
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Safety
by Heidi E. Lehmann
Heidi E. Lehmann is president and co-founder of Kenzen, the smart PPE innovator focused on physiological monitoring and the prevention of heat injury and death among workers. Kenzen’s real-time heat monitoring system is used by companies to keep workers safe from heat, fatigue, exertion, fever and to detect illness on the job. Lehmann is a mobile technology entrepreneur in the connected devices/wearable products, mobile platforms, and distributed media arena.
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