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April 24, 2025

VIKING and Offshore Wind Safety Leaders Launch 1st Immersion Suit for Women

VIKING Life-Saving EquipmentFemale-fit YouSafe™ Cyclone CTV suit

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has launched the first Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) immersion suit in the world designed for women working in offshore wind energy, using guidance on diversity and inclusivity from industry leaders Ørsted, Siemens and Vestas.

The VIKING YouSafe™ Cyclone suit joins a growing portfolio of VIKING PPE whose fit and features reflect the safety needs of female seafarers, pilots and technicians in the marine and offshore industries.

The most recent UK Government Industrial Strategy Offshore Wind Sector Deal study included a “minimum target” for one third of the industry’s workforce to be by 2030 (2018 – 16%). In UK waters, and elsewhere, getting the right PPE in place to best serve the safety needs of women offshore has become a focus for equity and inclusivity strategy at Ørsted, Siemens and Vestas.

“As a young industry, offshore wind offers a huge opportunity to change attitudes in the workplace, and to encourage the diversity, equity and inclusion women are entitled to expect,” said Lasse Hansen, Senior HSE Manager, PPE and TMSE, Ørsted. “Ørsted has identified female-specific PPE as part of the critical infrastructure we need for women to work safely offshore today and a necessity to attract more of them into this industry. We were delighted to work with VIKING as one of our key safety solution providers to take a significant step in the right direction.”

Delivered in high-vis GORE-TEX® NARVIK™, the female-fit YouSafe™ Cyclone suit is approved to the same dual SOLAS/MED and CE/ISO standard as the male version and is available in multiple sizes. Common features include compatibility with all standard offshore harnesses, durable Neoprene cuffs and neck seal, retro-reflective piping for increased visibility in dark surroundings, and a maintenance free zipper.

However, ratios and cut are redesigned for shorter torsos, and different hip and chest proportions, and for a range of smaller sizes that avoid the risk of snagging in fixtures and fittings. The sleek looking design also offers a high level of comfort and enhances the safety of women when stepping or jumping to/off the platform, climbing the tower or moving around the nacelle. In addition, the suit includes integral braces, which hold suit pants for free leg movement when climbing and allow the wearer to doff its top part to move around freely.

Poul Parning, Senior EQS PPE Specialist, Siemens Gamesa said the Cyclone suit was a welcome contribution to its efforts to attract more women to offshore wind, ensuring that outdated practices did not frustrate career progress. “There has been an intense focus on PPE as a diversity, equity and inclusion issue at Siemens Gamesa for the last two years; we have already adopted a new safety harness for women. The Cyclone CTV suit supports corporate goals.”

Speaking for Vestas Wind Systems, HSE Manager Peter Armstrong-Cribb added: “At Vestas, we believe that diversity and inclusion go hand in hand with innovation, and that everyone must feel safe, valued, and that their voice is heard. The right PPE puts these beliefs into practice.”

VIKING built on its internal design work by interviewing women working offshore in the wind industry to develop the new suit, before trialing prototypes at a test day with Ørsted, Siemens and Vestas in Liverpool, UK earlier this year. After further tests offshore and customer feedback, the YouSafe™ Cyclone was launched in October.

“Bringing Cyclone to market has been a joy because we have worked with customers whose competitive position did not stand in the way of our common goal to deliver a safety necessity and level the playing field for women working offshore” said Bettina Kjærgaard, Global Sales Manager Offshore Wind, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment. “Their response in spreading the word has also been phenomenal.”

April 24, 2025

The ESG and H&S Tech Innovation Showcase

We’re bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to explore the latest solutions shaping the future of workplace safety, sustainability, and compliance.

🚀 Exclusive industry insights – Leading experts and companies will showcase the latest innovations in HSE & ESG.

🎯 Practical solutions – Discover game-changing technologies that can enhance safety, compliance, and sustainability.

📅 On-demand access – No need to clear your schedule! Watch at your convenience from September 17th.

➡️We’re thrilled to have leading companies sponsoring and supporting this event. Their expertise and innovations will be featured throughout the showcase.

To be at the front of the queue when registration opens join our exclusive early bird VIP registration list.

April 23, 2025

The Future of Field Safety Is Paperless

Field operations are under more pressure than ever. Teams are stretched thin across projects, timelines are tighter, and regulatory expectations continue to rise.

Yet many safety processes still rely on paper: checklists, manual sign-offs, lengthy approvals, physical site visits, and missing photo documentation. As familiar as it may be, paper-based workflows create delays, increase risk, and can lead to penalties or reputational damage.

That’s why more organizations are rethinking their safety workflows – by leaving paper behind and switching to safety management tools like Fluix.

Why Paper Is Putting Your Safety at Risk

For years, paper felt like your reliable partner in safety. It gave structure to your inspections, helped track risks, and created a routine in the chaos of fieldwork. But today’s job sites are different, and safety managers need faster operations. And paper can’t promise you that. Why?

Handwritten inspection reports can be hard to read or incomplete. Near-miss logs get left in a truck, or worse, people don’t file them at all. A supervisor might sign off a permit – but if they’re off-site, it could mean hours of delay. People often take critical details like photos, GPS coordinates, or timestamps on separate devices, then forget or file away with no connection to the original report.

And when all that adds up, risks multiply quickly. And so safety managers are moving to digital processes to help them act on safety data as it happens.

How Digital Workflows Can Give You More Efficient Safety Management

The above paper approach is no longer sustainable as today’s field teams need easier access to data and processes that adapt to real-world conditions.

Here are six ways paperless safety can deliver you results:

1. Digital Forms Collect Data Fast and Efficient

At the core of every safety protocol is a form – a daily inspection, a toolbox talk log, a permit-to-work, you name it. But filling them out on paper often leads to issues: missing fields, hard-to-read handwriting, or disconnected photo evidence.

Digital forms solve this by guiding you through every step. Fields can be mandatory. Dropdowns reduce guesswork. And you can capture photos, notes, and signatures directly within the form – on-site, in the moment. Provided the tool you use, supports it of course.

An example, Consolidated Power Projects, an Australian provider of full turn-key high voltage solutions, reported a 43% reduction in wind farm inspection time after switching to digital documentation in Fluix, a field productivity app built for safety management.

2. Offline Mode Keeps You On Track

Of course, even the best digital forms won’t help if you can’t access them when you need them. And if you work in the field, you know that’s often the case. Offshore platforms, remote wind farms, and construction sites in low-coverage areas make reliable internet a luxury sometimes.

That’s where an offline mode comes into play. With offline-capable digital tools, you can complete safety forms, inspections, and reports without needing a signal. Once they’re reconnected, everything syncs automatically.

It’s a simple shift, but a powerful one. As James Bird, Maintenance Engineer at RWE Renewables, put it: “The fact that you can use the tool offline is an absolute must for us. It means that technicians can work on a boat, from their car, or from the top of a turbine.”

3. Digital Workflows Remove the Friction

Mobile data collection is an important step, but it’s just the beginning. In safety management, what happens after the form is filled out matters just as much. Reviewing inspections, escalating hazards, assigning follow-up actions are the moments that truly protect your team.

With paper-based processes, that chain often breaks. A form gets lost in someone’s inbox. A key decision-maker is out of office. No one’s sure who’s supposed to act next. And in the meantime, you have safety issues unresolved.

Digital workflows help prevent that. Once you submit a form, the next step is triggered automatically. Actions are routed based on role, site, or priority you set, and everyone involved can track progress without needing to follow up manually.

To keep it smooth, choose a tool that supports multi-stage workflows and layered approvals. Platforms like Fluix offer this kind of flexibility, making it easier for you to manage both simple and complex flows.

4. Digital Trails Keep You Compliant

Another issue with paper processes is that they are often inconsistent and unstandardized. And the more sites you manage, the more complicated compliance becomes.

Digital systems make it easier to stay compliant – because they build consistency into the process. Everyone works from the same templates. Every action is logged automatically, complete with timestamps and user IDs. You always know who completed what, and when.

So when it’s time to demonstrate compliance, you’re not chasing down paperwork. You’ve already got everything in one place – signed forms, version history, even a full audit trail.

That’s exactly how Leanne Lawrence, Administration Manager at Dyna Crane, approaches it:

“In our industry, safety is paramount; regulations are very strict, and audits are frequent. We use Fluix to create audit checklists and safety documents because it allows us to do immediate sign-offs onsite. This way, auditors can look at the records in one system — including counts and trend graphs – which are vital to cultivating and maintaining a proactive safety culture.”

And you don’t need to be in the crane industry to apply this strategy.

5. Real-Time Data Turns Insight Into Action

Real-time access to safety data changes the issues you may have with data management. When inspection results, hazard reports, or near-miss incidents show up in dashboards instantly, it’s easier for you to prioritize action and assign tasks without delay.

First, you can alert flag risks before they escalate. Then, you spot trends easier across projects.

And your decisions are based on what’s actually happening – not what was reported days ago.

If you see the right data at the right time – you decide faster what to do with it.

6. Small Changes Deliver Big Impact

Some of the most meaningful safety improvements don’t come from huge initiatives. They come from fixing small points of friction.

Take inspection forms. A paper-based inspection might take hours, with photos taken separately, notes scribbled on the side, and someone later tasked with typing it all up. Digitising that process with a mobile form can cut that time dramatically. And if you have 10 inspections per day? Count it yourself.

“A few clicks on the iPad – multiply that by hundreds of pilots, with hundreds of flights – it all adds up.” This is how Jonathan Fox, EFB administrator at Scandinavian Airlines describes the impact they are getting from digitizing their flight operations in Fluix.

And when those (seemingly) small wins are repeated across your entire safety operation, really make a difference.

In Short, A Safer Future Is a Digital Future

While paper may have served its purpose in the past, it’s no longer equipped for complexity and responsibility today’s safety operations face.

Going digital doesn’t mean you change everything overnight though. It rather means removing the friction from the everyday, driving meaningful impact for your teams and processes.

And Fluix can help you make every one of them matter with:

✔ 50%-75% less time spent on reporting

✔ Faster issue resolution, thanks to real-time visibility

✔ Follow-up tasks assigned to the right people, right away

✔ Data trends spotted early, helping teams prevent incidents

✔ Full accountability, with every action traceable in one clear audit trail

✔ Easier knowledge-sharing across teams and sites

Curious what paperless safety could look like in practice for your business? See how other teams are making the shift at fluix.io

April 22, 2025

Chemstore’s ionGuard Lithium-Ion Battery Box wins BSIF Safety Product Innovation Award 2025

Chemstore is thrilled to announce that its innovative ionGuard Lithium-Ion Battery Box has won the BSIF Safety Product Innovation Award 2025, which recognises outstanding advances in workplace health and safety technology.

The award was officially presented at the BSIF Awards, held as part of the Safety & Health Excellence (SHE) Awards on 9th April, 2025, at The Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham. The annual event celebrates excellence and innovation across the health and safety sector, bringing together industry leaders and innovators from across the UK and beyond.

The ionGuard Lithium-Ion Battery Box stood out to judges for its groundbreaking design, offering a dedicated solution to the serious risk of lithium-ion battery fires. With their growing use in electric vehicles, warehousing, logistics and manufacturing, the hazards posed by damaged or overcharging lithium-ion batteries—such as thermal runaway, toxic gas release, and explosions—have become a significant occupational safety concern.

The ionGuard Lithium-Ion Battery Box is designed for the safe handling and storage of potentially hazardous or suspicious batteries. In high-volume battery operations, it’s common for testing procedures to flag batteries as questionable. Traditionally, these are placed in outdoor exclusion zones as a precaution.

However, the ionGuard offers a safer, more efficient alternative. If a battery were to enter thermal runaway while inside the box, the unit is specifically engineered to contain and mitigate the event.

Typical use cases include integrating the ionGuard into production or manufacturing workflows as a dedicated quarantine solution. For instance, if a battery begins overheating during charging or shows signs of physical damage, it can be immediately transferred into the ionGuard for secure containment and monitoring.

What sets the ionGuard apart is its dual-trigger fire suppression system, which can be activated either manually or automatically via heat-sensitive fusible links. This system deploys PyroBubbles®, a highly effective and eco-friendly extinguishing agent made from recycled glass granulates. Upon exposure to heat, these granules melt and form an oxygen-impermeable layer, smothering the fire and preventing re-ignition—far outperforming traditional fire suppression techniques.

Housed in a durable, steel-reinforced structure with Rockwool insulation, and fully customisable for different battery types, volumes and sizes, the ionGuard seamlessly integrates into existing safety systems, offering a scalable, effective, and environmentally responsible solution.

This award underscores Chemstore’s ongoing mission to push the boundaries of safety innovation and respond to the real-world challenges industries face today.

Commenting on the award, Mike Brodie, Managing Director of Chemstore, says: “We’re absolutely delighted to receive the BSIF Safety Product Innovation Award. Being recognised for our cutting-edge innovation and technical expertise is a proud moment for the entire Chemstore team. This award reinforces our position as leaders in lithium-ion battery safety storage and highlights our commitment to developing solutions that protect people, property, and the environment.”

For more information, visit www.chemstore.co.uk

April 22, 2025

Have Your Say: What Our Poll Tells Us About HSE Software Buyers

In our recent LinkedIn poll, we asked a simple but telling question:

“If you’re involved in choosing HSE software, what has the biggest influence on whether you take that next step with your chosen provider?”

The clear winner?

🖥️Online research – with 48% of the vote.

This result highlights a crucial insight for anyone selling HSE, ESG, or compliance tech: your online visibility is no longer optional – it’s absolutely essential.

Buyers are doing their homework. They’re searching Google, checking out LinkedIn, reading industry e-magazines, browsing thought leadership, and watching demo videos. If you’re not showing up, consistently, credibly, and clearly then you’re not in the running.

Why this matters to you:

At HSE People, we specialise in helping HSE and ESG technology providers get noticed – exactly where decision-makers are looking.

Here’s how we help you win at the research stage:

🔎 Feature in our e-magazines like SafeTech and ESG Horizons delivered directly to over 150,000 HSE professionals.
📈 Content marketing that ranks – articles, case studies, and thought leadership published on our high-traffic site.
👀 Powerful LinkedIn visibility – with over 500,000 HSE contacts in our network.
🎥 Product demos, spotlights and videos that make complex solutions easy to understand.
📬 Email campaigns and surveys to get you straight into the inbox of key buyers.

Let’s face it: if your potential customers are making decisions based on what they find online, you need to make sure they’re finding you and liking what they see.

Get in touch with us to find out more about our marketing and advertising solutions – info@hsepeople.com 01572 768 834.

April 22, 2025

VelocityEHS Joins National Safety Council TechHub Marketplace

VelocityEHS, the global leader in EHS & ESG software solutions, is proud to announce its inclusion in the NSC TechHub Marketplace, a new online directory from the National Safety Council (NSC) designed to help companies easily find and connect with trusted safety technology providers.

The TechHub Marketplace streamlines the process for businesses seeking technology solutions tailored to their unique safety risks.

Organizations can browse provider listings, filter results by technology type, hazard focus, use applications, and access insights from partners and sponsors, including white papers, case studies, webinars, and more, all on the latest advancements in workplace safety.

“Our mission at VelocityEHS is to simplify complex EHS challenges through innovative technology,” said Matt Airhart, CEO of VelocityEHS. “By joining the NSC TechHub Marketplace, we’re making it easier for organizations to discover and implement cutting-edge solutions that enhance workplace safety and sustainability.”

“At NSC, we work closely with companies to identify technologies that reduce risk in their workplaces,” said Emily Whitcomb, Director of Innovation at the National Safety Council. “With the TechHub Marketplace, we can now take employers through the next logical step—connecting them with top-tier technology providers. This is a game-changer in our mission to save lives.”

How VelocityEHS Helps Organizations Solve Safety Challenges

VelocityEHS provides businesses with intuitive, data-driven solutions to proactively manage risk, protect employees, and improve overall workplace health and safety. The Ergonomics Solution, highlighted in the NSC TechHub Marketplace, support EHS professionals in building safer, more sustainable workplaces:

AI-Powered Ergonomics: Many workplace injuries stem from poor ergonomics. Velocity’s motion-capture AI technology helps businesses identify risks before they become injuries, enabling early intervention and continuous improvement. This innovation has earned VelocityEHS a perfect 3.0/3.0 score for Ergonomics in the Verdantix 2025 EHS Green Quadrant analysis.
Patented Innovation: VelocityEHS holds multiple U.S. patents for its pioneering use of AI and machine learning in Ergonomics software. These include breakthrough methods for root-cause analysis, natural language processing, and computer vision techniques, allowing organizations to quickly analyze worker exertion levels from simple video footage.

Additional VelocityEHS Capabilities

In addition to the TechHub-listed offerings, VelocityEHS delivers a broader range of capabilities, some include:

The VelocityEHS Accelerate® Platform: A unified suite of solutions that simplifies how companies manage Safety, Ergonomics, Chemical Management, and Operational Risk—helping them stay compliant and reduce incidents with greater efficiency.
Market-leading Chemicals Management Software: Recognized by independent research firm Verdantix for its advanced technology, enabling medium- to high-risk companies to streamline chemical management workflows and exceed compliance requirements.
AI-Powered Contractor Safety Feature: A groundbreaking feature that automates contractor verification processes, flags risks, and provides intelligent recommendations. This solution helps ensure compliance with safety standards while reducing administrative burden—delivering up to 70%-time savings over traditional contractor management methods.

To learn more about VelocityEHS, visit www.EHS.com.

Learn more about the NSC TechHub Marketplace at www.nsc.org/techhub.

About VelocityEHS

Relied on by more than 10 million users worldwide to drive operational excellence and achieve outstanding outcomes, VelocityEHS is the global leader in true SaaS enterprise EHS & ESG technology. The VelocityEHS Accelerate® Platform is the definitive gold standard, delivering best-in-class software solutions for managing Safety, Ergonomics, Chemical Management, and Operational Risk. In addition, Velocity offers world-class applications for Contractor Safety & Permit to Work, Environmental Compliance, and ESG.

The VelocityEHS team includes unparalleled industry expertise, with more certified experts in health, safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, sustainability, the environment, AI, and machine learning than any other EHS software provider. Recognized by the EHS industry’s top independent analysts as a Leader in the Verdantix 2025 Green Quadrant Analysis, VelocityEHS is committed to industry thought leadership and to accelerating the pace of innovation through its software solutions and vision. Its privacy and security protocols, which include SOC2 Type II attestation, are among the most stringent in the industry.

VelocityEHS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with locations in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Tampa, Florida; Oakville, Ontario; London, England; Perth, Western Australia; and Cork, Ireland. For more information, visit www.EHS.com.

About the National Safety Council

NSC is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate – and has been for 110 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace, roadway, and impairment. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.

About HSE People

HSE People is an online network of professionals who work within Health and Safety, the Environment, Sustainability, Risk and Compliance. We provide our members with free resources such as our events calendar, industry news, access to whitepapers, eBooks and webinars as well as information about products and services. The aim of HSE People is to support those who Protect People, Places and the Planet.

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