Biometrics
“Improving Retail’s Bottom Line”
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Biometrics can reduce operating costs
Biometrics can increase profits
Biometrics satisfies OSHA and prevents fines
Biometrics
“Improving Retail’s Bottom Line”
Regardless of the industry, operations
managers face the same questions:
◦ How do I minimize my inventory loses (i.e. shrinkage)?
◦ How do I discourage employees/customer theft?
◦ How do I prosecute those caught stealing (i.e. audit
logs/evidence)?
◦ How do I control rising insurance costs?
◦ How do I limit my risk for law suits and government fines?
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Biometrics
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Regardless of the industry, operations
managers face the same challenges:
◦ What OSHA regulations effect me?
◦ How do I limit my risk against OSHA non-compliance?
◦ How do I create a safer environment for my employees &
customers?
◦ Am I helping protect our “brand’s image”?
◦ How am I securing our customers’ personal confidential
information (PCI)?
◦ Am I PCI and/or HIPPA compliant?
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2010 Facts & Figures
 U.S. retail sales: $4.17 trillion
 $37 billion LOST to theft
 43% by employees and 33% by customers
National Retail Security Survey (NRSS)
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Facts & Figures
In 2010 OSHA issued over 94,000 safety-related citations
for violations resulting in MILLIONS of dollars of fines.
Past fines issued
Big Box
$135,540
Supermarket $79,200
Supermarket $185,500 Distributor $239,000
Supermarket $322, 410 Movie Theater $275,000
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
…Can you pass an OSHA inspection?
Scaffolding
72% of workers injured in
scaffold accidents attributed
the accident either to the
planking or support giving
way, or to the employee
slipping or being struck by a
falling object.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
…Can you pass an OSHA inspection?
Fall protection, Construction
The US Department of
Labor (DOL) lists falls from
ladders and roofs as one of
the leading causes of
traumatic occupational
death. Any time a worker is
at a height of four feet or
more, the worker is at risk
and needs to be protected
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Hazard Warnings
All employers with
hazardous chemicals in
their workplaces must
have labels and material
safety data sheets for their
exposed workers, and train
them to handle the
chemicals appropriately.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Ladders
Falls from ladders and roofs still
account for the majority of falls.
Identifying fall hazards and
deciding how best to protect
workers is the first step in
reducing or eliminating fall
hazards. Any time a worker is at
a height of four feet or more, the
worker is at risk and needs to be
protected. Fall protection must be
provided at four feet in general
industry, 5 five in maritime and six
feet in construction.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Respiratory protection
Respirators protect
workers against
insufficient oxygen
environments, harmful
dusts, fogs, smokes, mists,
gases, vapors, and sprays.
These hazards may cause
cancer, lung impairment,
other diseases, or death.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Control of Hazardous
Energy (lockout/tagout),
"Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)"
refers to specific practices
and procedures to
safeguard employees from
the unexpected
energization or startup of
machinery and equipment,
or the release of
hazardous energy during
service or maintenance
activities.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Electrical, wiring methods (29
CFR 1910.147).
Working with electricity can
be dangerous. Engineers,
electricians, and other
professionals work with
electricity directly, including
working on overhead lines,
cable harnesses, and circuit
assemblies. Others, such as
office workers and sales
people, work with electricity
indirectly and may also be
exposed to electrical hazards.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
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Powered industrial trucks, general
industry (29 CFR 1910.178)
Many employees are injured when
lift trucks are inadvertently driven
off loading docks, lifts fall between
docks and an unsecured trailer,
they are struck by a lift truck, or
when they fall while on elevated
pallets and tines. Unfortunately,
most employee injuries and
property damage can be
attributed to lack of safe
operating procedures, lack of
safety-rule enforcement, and
insufficient or inadequate training.
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
…Can you pass an OSHA inspection?
Electrical systems design,
general requirements, general
industry (29 CFR 1910.303).
Working with electricity can
be dangerous. Engineers,
electricians, and other
professionals work with
electricity directly, including
working on overhead lines,
cable harnesses, and circuit
assemblies. Others, such as
office workers and sales
people, work with electricity
indirectly and may also be
exposed to electrical hazards
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OSHA’s Top Ten Safety Violations in 2010
…Can you pass an OSHA inspection?
Machines, (29 CFR 1910.212)
Moving machine parts have
the potential to cause severe
workplace injuries, such as
crushed fingers or hands,
amputations, burns, or
blindness. When the
operation of a machine or
accidental contact injure the
operator or others in the
vicinity, the hazards must be
eliminated or controlled.
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Biometrics
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Well-planned deployments of biometric technology can
reduce much of these losses, while also creating safer, more
comfortable working environments for your employees.
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Biometrics
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What is Biometrics?
Instead of the traditional use of keys or passwords to
verify a person’s identity, biometrics uses a person’s
unique biological characteristics to identify them.
Examples of biometric identifiers include:
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Fingerprint
Hand geometry
Voice
Face
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Biometrics in the Workplace
Signature Scan
3%
Voice Scan
4%
Iris Scan
6%
Key Stroke Scan
0%
Facial Scan
16%
Finger Scan
49%
Hand Scan
10%
Middleware
12%
source: Bio Secure Lock
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What are the benefits of biometrics?
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Personal control
No handing off of keys
No sharing of codes
Individual accountably
Reducing liability through assured authorization
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Biometric Applications
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Machinery (balers/compactors)
Time & Attendance (time clocks)
Heavy equipment (fork lifts, power jacks)
Work Flow (time stamp for production)
Vehicles (EMS, Fire, Police, Fleet cars)
Access control (doors & gates)
PC & Server User access
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Benefits
◦ Reduces inventory shrinkage
◦ Reduces government fines and civil lawsuits
 OSHA compliance - safer work place
 PCI compliance – protect customer records
 HIPPA compliance – protect patient records
◦ Payroll savings
 Prevents hourly-wage employees from buddy
punching (co-workers fraudulently punching in/out
for each other, thus receiving unearned wages).
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Scott Bohm
VP Business Development & Services
sbohm@biotouchsolutions.com
biotouchsolutions.com
732.259.4014
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