Safety App Of Week

June 2, 2014 No Comments

Below is this week’s “Safety App of the Week“.  Every Monday we publish an article that reviews and rates a new workplace safety app.  Our testing is done on Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3s.  We rate each app from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.

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IH Calculator LITE

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Official Description  

“The IH Calculator is an interactive calculator that performs occupational health and safety calculations to aid industrial hygienists. A tab is also included for simple conversions including distance, mass, temperature, and more. “¹

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Thumbs Up

• cost is free
• no registration or sign in required 
• app was created by industrial hygiene experts
• most  of the common IH “conversions” are included
• both common and advanced IH “formulas” are included
• easy navigation
• works off-line, no WiFi needed
• this is a “must have” app for any Industrial Hygienist

Thumbs Down

• no instructions or definitions (people who do not have an advanced Industrial Hygiene education will find it very difficult to use most of the formulas)

Overall Rating

• iPad/iPhone (CIHs or degreed Industrial Hygienists)  –  ♥♥♥♥♥
• iPad/iPhone (all others)  –  ♥♥♥♥
• Android  –  not currently available

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¹ Descriptions courtesy of  iTunes

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