New Products Round-Up: Friday, Nov. 22, 2024

This week’s new safety products enhance workplace safety and productivity with solutions like cooling systems, AI-powered reporting, eye protection and protective footwear.

• By Robert Yaniz Jr.
• Nov 22, 2024

This week’s roundup of new products highlights innovative solutions from Big Ass Fans and Lexmark, Benchmark Gensuite, Brass Knuckle and Baffin. As always, we spotlight these offerings to keep you informed on the latest tools designed to enhance workplace safety, boost productivity and meet the evolving demands of the occupational health and safety industry.

COOLING SYSTEM

Big Ass Fans has partnered with Lexmark to deliver CommandSense, the first fully automated, Internet of Things (IoT)-powered comfort ecosystem reducing heat stress while improving worker safety and lowering energy costs for industrial facilities. Available in April 2025, it continuously monitors occupancy, humidity, temperature, and other conditions to automatically adjust fans, heaters and ventilation fans. More information at tinyurl.com/2ze6dx68.

AI-POWERED REPORTING

Benchmark Gensuite launched Responsio, its first end-to-end AI product designed to transform how organizations manage and respond to incoming requests for ESG, sustainability and EHS data. Responsio offers a fully integrated, AI-driven platform that manages every stage of disclosure request handling. The solution allows users to log requests, assign ownership, and collaborate on responses in one centralized data hub. More information at tinyurl.com/yeb92tj4.

EYE PROTECTION

The proprietary BK-Anti-FOG+ of Brass Knuckle’s Slingshot protective glasses is fused directly to the lens. It delivers better and longer-lasting fog-free protection that is 40 times stronger than the toughest anti-fog standard in the world, EN 166/168. Slingshot is precision-engineered with resistance to abrasion, chemicals, and UV rays including, ANSI Z87.1/U6 ultraviolet protection to eliminate 99.99% of damaging UV rays. More information at tinyurl.com/mr44e3dd.

PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR

Baffin announced the Hero Collection, protective footwear for technical and emergency services. The Hero Collection debuts ICE HERO, available in Safety Toe and Plate or Plain Toe, in men’s and women’s sizes. With easy access for urgent situations, monochromatic styling for versatile uniform use, and made to withstand diverse climates and conditions, ICE HERO is made to meet the extreme demands of a first responder’s job. More information at baffin.com.