Free Apps to Help Improve Worker Safety and Health

This article introduces two free apps, Harness Hero and NIOSH Sound Level Meter, for improving worker safety and health. The Harness Hero app shows that effective fall protection requires a series of correct choices to be made every time a worker faces a fall hazard. The NIOSH Sound Level Meter app is an accurate tool to use during initial noise assessments. The app also contains some basic information on noise and hearing loss prevention.