Recent analysis by Frost & Sullivan predicts it will reach $2.3 billion in 2017, rising at a compound annual rate of 7.2 percent.
It outlines best practices for pre-incident operational preparation by emergency responders, Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels said.
The two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., concerns how to motivate pesticide workers to use the best personal protective technology.
The case involves time spent by U.S. Steel workers to put on and later take off protective clothing, hard hats, ear plugs, boots, and hoods and also traveling from locker rooms to their workstations.
At least 14 workers have died since 2000 while using stripping products that include methylene chloride, according to the document.
The organizers say more than 1,600 exhibitors will participate in the Nov. 5-8 trade fair and congress at the Dusseldorf, Germany fairgrounds.
A non-mandatory technical amendment taking effect Jan. 22 explains the basics of ensuring safe operations and discusses the roles of the chemical hygiene officer and others.
To put it simply, your father would not recognize the new work gloves on the market today. In fact, these are not even your older brother's gloves.
Among the findings being presented there are papers analyzing ways to reduce hazards encountered by highway emergency responders and those working inside highway work zones.
For allegedly failing to provide employees with protective wear against chemicals, OSHA has fined a fitness club $60,000.
The agency's request for information cites recently reported animal studies where lung, kidney, and liver function were affected by exposure to AgNPs.
Lloyd's and other insurers have written a custom policy covering a team's bid to traverse Antarctica in winter for the first time and raise millions of a dollars for a charity trying to prevent blindness.
The critical differentiator should be "Proven" vs. "Unproven," because when it comes safety, decisions should be made on facts, not stories and marketing terms
Both mentioned it during Dec. 4 presentations at the 2012 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Dallas.
To ensure maximum protection for hazmat and emergency personnel, organizations should specify suits that meet both EN 943 and NFPA 1991.
Think about the overall wear life of the garment and what the cost will mean long term.
The association's news release thanked Draeger Medical Inc., saying the company "responded to our call for items and contributed over 56,000 N95 units to the relief effort."
The International Safety Equipment Association's brief online survey asks buyers, users, and specifiers of PPE where they obtain product information, whether existing trade shows have value, and how to make them better.
The 85-3 Campaign is encouraging employers to adopt lower decibel standards in an effort to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
CEO Dave Cote said "the commercial aerospace outlook, increasing infrastructure spending, and oil and gas investments" are encouraging.