This week during my ASSE PSM Training course I had conversations at lunch and after the course around the use of the “fitness bands” that seem to be so popular in “wellness programs” that so many companies are doing. These wellness plans have a lot of financial incentives to encourage employees to participate. Both of these organizations had such programs and the “plant nurse” took issue when the “safety department” banned these devices from being used in the Hazardous Locations (HAZLOCs) within the PSM Battery Limits. So the question posed to me by both groups was…”Can you tell me a standard I can point to that makes these unsafe for our HAZLOCs?” My answer took them by surprise…