New Research Shows Garmin Smartwatch Can Support Heat Stress Monitoring in Construction Workers
As temperatures continue to rise across North America, employers are looking for practical ways to identify heat strain before it becomes a serious safety incident. A newly published study provides encouraging evidence that wearable technology may help. Researchers evaluated the ECTemp™ algorithm, a validated method for estimating core body temperature from heart rate data, in […]
VigiLife Welcomes Neal Howard to Accelerate Workforce Resilience Growth
VigiLife welcomes Neal Howard, a 13-year enterprise SaaS veteran with cybersecurity and data privacy expertise, to help organizations build safer, more resilient workforces with connected workforce intelligence technology.
Burnout Prevention Technology: How to Spot Worker Strain Earlier
Can technology help prevent burnout? Explore how SafeGuard supports earlier visibility into worker strain, recovery, and environmental stress without claiming to diagnose burnout.
What Better Burnout Solutions Need
Heart rate variability is often discussed as a stress metric, but what can it really tell us about burnout? Here’s what the research says about HRV, chronic workplace stress, recovery, and the role of wearables.
Burnout, Wearables, and HRV: What the Research Recommends
Heart rate variability is often discussed as a stress metric, but what can it really tell us about burnout? Here’s what the research says about HRV, chronic workplace stress, recovery, and the role of wearables.
VigiLife Supports Rockefeller-Backed Heat Protection Efforts in Latin America with Worker Heat Monitoring Technology
VigiLife supports new worker heat protection efforts in El Salvador and Brazil with SafeGuard®, a platform built for real-time physiological and environmental monitoring in the field.
SafeGuard Now Offers Safety Software for Multilingual Teams in Spanish and Portuguese
SafeGuard Now Supports Spanish and Portuguese, with More Languages Coming Soon If safety technology is going to work in the field, workers need to be able to use it clearly, quickly, and confidently. That includes using it in the language they know best. That is why SafeGuard now offers safety software for multilingual teams with […]
The Best Books (and More) of 2025
My favorite books, podcasts and resources from 2025 by Zach Kiehl As we close out the year, I’ve been thinking about the ideas that stuck with me. I’m lucky that my job lets me bounce between worlds: physiology, software, public safety, behavioral science, and the messy human parts of leadership. Reading helps me make […]
SafeGuard Mobile Accessibility Update
VPAT Shows a Strong Foundation We’ve officially completed a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) assessment for SafeGuard mobile based on WCAG 2.1 AA and WCAG 2.2 AA criteria. Our assessment reflects a strong accessibility foundation with no critical blockers, consistent screen-reader support, high-contrast UI design, and full compatibility with large-text accessibility settings. The short version […]
Heat Stress Monitoring Devices & Cooling Strategies for Frontline Workers
Protecting workers from the heat means more than passing out water bottles. It requires real-time, personalized insight and targeted cooling strategies for frontline workers.