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PPE for Women: Ensuring Safety and Comfort

PPE for Women: Ensuring Safety and Comfort

Advancements in women-specific personal protective equipment (PPE) are helping improve safety, performance, and comfort for women in industrial environments, and there are several steps employers can take to better protect women workers.

Choosing Chemical-Resistant Gloves

Choosing Chemical-Resistant Gloves

Understanding the importance of selecting appropriate chemical-resistant gloves via the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) to ensure safety and prevent hand injuries in industrial settings.

Setting a New Safety Standard with Digital Lockout/Tagout

Setting a New Safety Standard with Digital Lockout/Tagout

Digital LOTO systems and procedures are driving beneficial safety enhancements. How do companies train employees in this important technological shift?

Hearing Protection: Three Innovations to Follow

Hearing Protection: Three Innovations to Follow

Three hearing protection innovations that are helping overcome workers’ resistance for wearing PPE.

Head Protection in Hot Weather: Staying Safe While Keeping Cool

Head Protection in Hot Weather: Staying Safe While Keeping Cool

PPE considerations to help industrial workers mitigate the impacts of heat stress.

Reviving Rhythms: The Critical Role of CPR and Defibrillation in Emergency Response

Reviving Rhythms: The Critical Role of CPR and Defibrillation in Emergency Response

CPR and defibrillation significantly improve survival rates during sudden cardiac arrest, and their integration into workplace safety protocols is crucial.

Identifying the Right Safety Incentives

Identifying the Right Safety Incentives

Using incentives in safety training and culture is important, but an expert explains that it requires understanding which are the best incentives for your organization.



Trying to Beat the Heat

Some key elements of OSHA’s proposed rule on heat injury and illness.

The Unseen Enemy: Tools and Training to Prevent Gas Leak Catastrophes

The Unseen Enemy: Tools and Training to Prevent Gas Leak Catastrophes

Effective training and stringent protocols are essential to prevent gas leaks and reduce the risk of catastrophic incidents, particularly in industrial settings.

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) in Heat Safety

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) in Heat Safety

The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) enables organizations to implement effective safety protocols and protect workers from heat-related dangers.

Head Injuries in Oil and Gas Industries: A Growing Impact

Head Injuries in Oil and Gas Industries: A Growing Impact

The prevalence and impact of head injuries in the oil and gas industry requires robust safety protocols and innovations in PPE to adequately safeguard vulnerable workers from severe risks.

Maersk Line Limited Will Revise Safety Reporting Policy Following Whistleblower Case

Maersk Line Limited Will Revise Safety Reporting Policy Following Whistleblower Case

The worker in question has been awarded compensation after termination for reporting safety concerns.

New Jersey Contractor Cited for Safety Violations After Employee’s 80-Foot Fall

New Jersey Contractor Cited for Safety Violations After Employee’s 80-Foot Fall

OSHA proposed $485,580 in penalties to U.S. Tank Painting Inc.

Viscofan USA Faces $197,054 in Fines for Safety Failures

Viscofan USA Faces $197,054 in Fines for Safety Failures

OSHA cites company for nine violations after two workers suffer severe injuries in separate incidents.

The Impact of Risk Tolerance on Workplace Health and Safety

The Impact of Risk Tolerance on Workplace Health and Safety

Risk tolerance in the workplace shapes health and safety standards, influencing everything from organizational culture and employee behavior to leadership decisions and legal compliance.

Unlocking the Power of Leadership: Driving Occupational Safety and Health Excellence

Unlocking the Power of Leadership: Driving Occupational Safety and Health Excellence

Leadership plays a crucial role in establishing and maintaining a strong safety culture, fostering trust, motivation and emotional intelligence as well as addressing toxic behaviors to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.

Proper Use and Maintenance of Die Safety Blocks for Optimal Protection

Proper Use and Maintenance of Die Safety Blocks for Optimal Protection

Proper use and maintenance of die safety blocks are essential for preventing injuries and ensuring the safety of workers in manufacturing environments.

Growing Trends for Lone Worker Safety This Summer

Here are the latest trends to look out for this summer regarding lone worker safety.

What Is Occupational PTSD? 3 Things Employers Need to Know

What Is Occupational PTSD? 3 Things Employers Need to Know

With occupational PTSD still in need of more visibility, employers must know that it can easily apply to some workers.

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