What Is Your Life-Saving Gas Monitor Trying to Tell You?

Competitive pressure continues to increase how much we all try to get done in a given day. During the course of a busy shift, workers in some of the most hazardous jobs will interact with dozens of pieces of equipment whose proper use can lead to life-or-death consequences. For protection from gas hazards, this often means working with a range of gas detection equipment, from personal monitors to area monitors and fixed systems that typically are made by different manufacturers.

The Challenge with Diversity

This diversity in equipment leads to a range in how hazards are communicated in terms of lights, sounds, and displays. One manufacturer uses a certain icon to indicate an alarm condition, but another uses a completely different icon.

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