PPE


Safety managers and purchasing personnel who consider only cut resistance when selecting hand protection products are missing part of the equation. (Ansell Protective Products photo)

Cut Performance Levels and Testing

Know what the levels represent because the responsibility for testing products for specific end-user applications still rests with the end user.

Protection From Whatever They Face

This has been a brutal year for many. It’s the perfect time to cast a fresh approach to your head and face protection program.

Filling the Manager's Toolkit

Jim Johnson, past chairman of AIHA’s Respiratory Protection Committee, said he hopes training modules will be ready by the 2012 AIHce conference in Indianapolis.

After the DPA Safety products show has concluded, DPA holds the conference for its Janitorial/Sanitary market segment back to back, in the same location. (DPA Buying Group photo)

Family Ties

"DPA's Safety Division is the fastest growing of the group's four market segments. We are getting so many requests from suppliers and distributors to join that we unfortunately have to turn many companies away."

Using an external fall protection consultant to verify systems provides valuable expertise and unbiased insight.

Protecting the Past, Securing the Future

The Architect of the Capitol focuses on fall protection that meets the most current ANSI standards.

Ready to Run

The future looks bright as Lawson Products Inc. nears the end of a major transformation in its sales approach, products, and infrastructure.

Unsafe Forklifts, Chemical Hazards Carry $114,000 Penalty for Freight Firm

OSHA's Omaha Area Office initiated its inspection as part of a local emphasis program on the handling of motorized equipment, such as powered industrial trucks, skid steers, and cranes.

Worker Fatally Struck by Tree, Sawmill Fined $27,500

Four serious violations relate to the fatality, including failing to provide leg protection and enforcing the use of eye protection and trees being felled in a manner that created a hazard for workers.



OSHA Tells Jiffy Lube to Put the Brakes on Slip, Fall Hazards

One repeat violation was cited for failing to maintain dry floors and allowing floors to be slick from oil and water accumulation, which created slip and fall hazards.

McCormick Place Deal Keeps Labor Reforms Intact

The recent announcement by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn means conferences will keep coming to Chicago while costing exhibitors less.

DuPont, 3M Post Sales Gains

The 3Q 2011 gains are driven more by currency factors than volume. For both companies, international markets remain encouraging.

Fines Pile Up for Texas Firm Following Worker's Grain Engulfment

OSHA cited Corpus Christi Grain Co. for six willful and 20 serious violations with total proposed penalties of $258,900.

NSC Preview: Visiting Philly's Top Ten Tourist Attractions

VisitPhilly.com, the official visitor website for Greater Philadelphia, says Franklin Square leads the list.

WHO Publishes Multi-Professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide

The new guide for educators will help them teach prospective dentists, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals more effectively about patient safety best practices, WHO officials say.

OSHA Blasts W.Va. Welding Firm for 25 Safety Violations

"Workers at this welding shop are left vulnerable to hazards that could cause serious injuries or even death," said Prentice Cline, director of OSHA's Charleston Area Office.

Honeywell's 3Q Sales: $9.3 Billion

Earnings per share of $1.10 are 45 percent above 76 cents a year earlier. Sales rose by 14 percent for the company as a whole and also for the Automation and Control Solutions segment.

Supermarket Chain Faces Heavy Fines

Thirty violations and $589,200 in proposed fines against DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc. stem mainly from "recurring fall and laceration hazards" and from "improperly responding to a worker's serious injury," according to OSHA.

$147,840 in Fines Issued to Steel Firm for Unsafe Crane Operations

OSHA issued the company a willful safety violation for failing to remove a crane from service that required necessary repairs before resuming crane operations.

Ontario Labor Ministry Launches PPE, Mine Ventilation Blitzes

Mine inspectors are checking underground mines with large fleets of diesel equipment, while the PPE blitz targets health care workplaces, among others.

Buy Quiet Workshop Set for Nov. 9-10

The NIOSH event in Cincinnati is intended to encourage greater use of engineering noise controls by construction and manufacturing employers.

Product Showcase

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  • Matrix's OmniPro Vision AI Collision Avoidance System

    OmniPro Vision AI is a state-of-the-art collision avoidance system that features NIOSH award-winning Visual Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. This highly accurate, powerful system identifies and alerts on pedestrians, vehicles and specified objects, ensuring safer facilities, mining operations and industrial sites. With its web-based cloud application, OmniPro Vision AI also logs and analyzes a wide range of data related to zone breach notifications. Operating without needing personal wearable devices or tags, OmniPro has visual and audible zone breach alerts for both operators and pedestrians. Read More

  • Safety Knives

    The Safety Knife Company has developed a quality range of safety knives for all industries. Designed so that fingers cannot get to the blades, these knives will safely cut through cardboard, tape, strapping, shrink or plastic wrap or a variety of other packing materials. Because these knives have no exposed blades and only cut cardboard deep, they will not only protect employees against lacerations but they will also save product. The Metal Detectable versions have revolutionary metal detectable polypropylene knife bodies specifically for the food and pharmaceutical industries. This material can be detected and rejected by typical detection machines and is X-ray visible. Read More

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