BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sector 10 Inc. (OTCBB:SECT) (Frankfurt:4SR) announced today that it will ship and deliver products to clients in California.
Pericles DeAvila also announced that the 2009 MRU-OH is available to the market and that we can expect to see an increase in MRU Occupational Health and other emergency response models being delivered to the market over the next 12 months.
MRU Standard Product Features Include: eyewash, potable water, hand-wash, postings panel, soap and cup dispenser, garbage refuse, water delivery and recovery systems, compartments for fall protection, electrical TAG programs, MSDS, and Safety Program folders, a foldout plan or command table, forklift and crane lift points, lockable wheels and many other features that help meet and mitigate OSHA, EPA, NIOSH and many other related requirements.
The Mobile Response Units or MRU's are Patented products and Patent Pending in the U.S. for Sector 10 Holdings, Inc. under U.S. Pat. No.7,188,846, with other patents pending and/or issued in several countries around the world. Sector 10, Inc. will be marketing the product as part of its product line-up.
Meeting the requirements imposed on businesses by the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies is big business. Companies pour billions of dollars into getting their work environment safe and comply with all the legal requirements imposed by Federal and local governments. It all comes down to saving people's lives in their work environment.
Workplace injuries and illnesses are costly in both financial and human terms. Over $40 billion are paid each year by employers and their insurers in worker's compensation benefits at a cost of nearly $500 per covered employee. This figure is simply unacceptable. A study by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) stated that there is a direct positive correlation between investments in Safety Health & Environmental (H&E) and its subsequent ROI. Ultimately, company executives must recognize that they have a duty to provide a safe and healthful workplace to those who work for the company or visit the worksite. More information is available at www.asse.org
Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the workweek, 17 workers die on-the-job each day. Workplace injuries will cost society $128 billion in losses this year, which equals one-quarter of each dollar of pre-tax corporate profits.
Indirect costs of injuries may be 20 times the direct costs -- Indirect costs include: training and compensating replacement workers; repairing damaged property; accident investigation and implementation of corrective action; scheduling delays and lost productivity; administrative expense; low employee morale and increased absenteeism; poor customer and community relations.
The impact of even a minor incident may be costly. For example, in order to cover the cost of a $500 accident, an employer would have to:
* bottle and sell 61,000 cans of soda
* bake and sell 235,000 donuts
* deliver 20 truckloads of concrete.
*Information from an article authored by: Lee Smith Colorado State University Health & Safety Consultation Program, 1996
The MRU and the SRU products distributed by Sector 10, Inc. are designed to provide pre-deployed emergency response equipment and supplies in an effort to reduce the human and financial impact of an emergency.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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