Friday, August 24, 2012

The Unseen (But Much Overheard) Problem of Noise Pollution

Deafness isn’t just a problem for aging rock-stars. Every year according to the CDC, 22 million American workers are exposed to hazardous levels of noise when on the job. While musicians form a disproportionately sized slice of the epidemic, other occupations make their numbers seem trite in comparison. Machinists and welders in automotive assembly plants, soldiers overexposed to munitions discharges, miners, steel- and sawmill workers, meat processing plant personnel, and construction workers are just some of the larger demographics who regularly experience hearing impairment on account of their work conditions.

3M Ear Muffs
3M Ear Muffs with a
Noise Reduction
Rating of 24dB

But before you scramble to run an online search for hearing aids, consider that hearing-loss prevention might actually be the goal you’re seeking. Hearing loss – particularly in obvious, heavy industrial settings – is a problem that can be anticipated – for the most part – years in advance. It shouldn’t just be that you don earplugs at night when you’re trying to get to sleep to the tune of the neighbor’s dog yapping away. Nor should earplugs serve a specialty purpose and only that, like when you’re on a firing range. The modern world, specifically the modern-urban-industrial daytime world, is rife with noise pollution. To that end, Stamar provides hearing protection devices such as high-grade 3M ear muffs and ear plugs.
Loudness is an essential part of 9 to 5, a necessary evil of the workaday world. But there’s no reason that either you or your company need to grow deafened or defeated by the jobs you have to do.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Plastic Truck Seals Keep Your Supply Chain Safe

It is a staggering amount of money that is lost per annum to cargo theft. Every year, you can count on somewhere between $10 - $30 billion to be stolen from overland big rigs, cargo ships, railroad depots, and highway gas-stations. It’s a sum that dwarfs the GDPs of more than one country on Earth, and it’s a shame that such hard work can be snatched away with such little effort. Oftentimes, all it takes for many thousands of dollars of merchandise to be lost to the wind is one trucker leaving his rig unguarded for a few minutes at an overland truck stop. One unsuspecting bathroom break, or a quick stop for a coffee at the cashier, and suddenly one’s credibility as a trucker lies in jeopardy.
Plastic Truck Seals
In these trying economic times, we’re sensitive to our customers’ needs when it comes to protecting their goods, as well as their good names. By using the plastic truck seals we provide at Stamar, you can ensure that if theft occurs, that theft will be made instantly apparent. If the seal has been disturbed or broken, more than likely someone has been trying to help themselves to the merchandise in question. Available in yellow, white, blue, red, or green in quantities of one hundred per case, truck seals are an easy way of keeping your overland deliveries safe, on-time, as well as ensuring that those companies whose goods you’re delivering place that much further trust in you.
Keep your eyes on the road, and let Stamar do the rest.