If you’ve ever worked in a challenging, high-noise environment, then you know about the catch-22 between protecting your hearing and being able...
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How to Speed Up Training
Many view training as an unproductive but necessary evil. Not true. The Construction Industry Institute found that productivity increases by 11 percent for...
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Communication Failure or Hearing Damage? The Dangers of Partial Solutions
A communication failure on a job site, factory floor or other high-traffic work zone can have serious, even life-threatening consequences. Hearing damage, on the...
Editorial
Many Options Are Available for Hearing Protection for Contractors
Industry veteran and Jarvis Septic & Drain owner Gene Morris can attest to the dangers of noise exposure over time: “I’m 56,...
Safety/Personal Protection Equipment - Sonetics Apex Gen 3.2
Apex Gen 3.2 wireless headsets from Sonetics include an increased Noise Reduction Rating of 24 dB that covers the entire product line,...
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Productivity: Taking Back Time with Communication
“If we’re saving seconds, we’re saving millions.” A customer said this to me not long ago, and it’s stuck with me. Then...
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Sonetics Announces Third-Generation Wireless Headset Enhancements
Sonetics Corporation, a leader in wireless team communication systems for challenging work environments, announces enhancements to its third generation of Apex Wireless...
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Combating Objections to Hearing Protection
Sonetics recently received a comment through one of our social media channels that surprised me. In reference to the article about occupational...
Safety Equipment - Sonetics portable wireless communication system
Connect and protect your crew while they get the job done with a Sonetics portable wireless communication system. Wireless headsets combine hands-free...
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Recruiting Millennials with Wireless Headsets
There are currently approximately 200,000 construction job openings waiting to be filled, according to the National Association of Homebuilders. Millennials are the...
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Time To Put An End To Two-Way Radio Rentals
There’s a project cost line item that’s in need of an internal audit. Are radio rentals costing you thousands of dollars on...
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Worker Safety: Resources to Help Avoid the OSHA Top 10
The usual suspects appear on the preliminary list of Fiscal Year 2017 OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Except for one. “Electrical –...
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When Safety Signals Become Background Noise
When you work in a challenging environment — construction work, excavation, tree care and towing, to name a few — one of...
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Of Mind, Body and High Noise Exposure
For tradespeople, high noise exposure is a way of life. According to the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise, 22 million...



















