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Glove sensor indicates presence of toxic substances by changing glove color

November 7, 2013

Security takes top priority in laboratories and in production. In the future, employees exposed to risks will only have to put on a glove in order to receive a toxic substance warning: This textile identifies poisonous substances, and points them out immediately.

Ergodyne debuts new head protection line with launch of two new bump caps

November 6, 2013

Ergodyne has announced today the expansion of their Skullerz® Head Protection Line as well as the first products to be introduced under this new brand: the Skullerz® 8950 Bump Cap and 8960 Bump Cap with LED lighting technology.

Gas releases lead to $707,000 in fines for Sinclair Refinery

Wyoming OSHA investigates follows worker complaint

November 6, 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration division (OSHA) within the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) has cited the Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company with $707,000 in fines for 22 violations found at the company’s Sinclair, Wyoming refinery operation.

Smart gloves signal end of useful life and need to discard immediately

November 5, 2013

“New Developments to Improve Safety and Health at Work” was a research paper prepared by Daniel Podgórski, Katarzyna Majchrzycka & Andrzej Grabowski of the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, at the 3rd International Scientific Conference, Safety Engineering 2012, held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, 17 October 2012.

NJ shirtmaker runs afoul of OSHA

Blocked exits, lack of LOTO earn company citations

November 4, 2013

OSHA has cited Individualized Shirt Co., doing business as Individualized Shirts, for 13 health and safety violations following an inspection begun in April in response to a complaint at its Perth Amboy facility. Proposed fines total $50,400.

Radians® 2014 Industrial Full Line Catalog available now

November 1, 2013

Radians, Inc., recently launched their 2014 Full Line Catalog with 84 pages of colorful new product photos, new models, and over 65 new products. In addition, their 2014 Catalog highlights their recent NVLAP® certification (NVLAP Lab Code 500090-0), their testing and standards focus, and their fast 7 day turn-around for custom screen printing and pad printing of hard hats, eyewear, and Hi-Viz vests.

Industrial hygiene

Five steps to successful exposure assessments

Jerome Spear

October 31, 2013

The better our understanding of exposures and the risks they pose, the more assurance we have that we are controlling the most important (highest risk) exposures first. Control efforts (such as engineering, work practice, or personal protective equipment) are often costly to implement and maintain.

Snapshot of the U.S. personal protective equipment market 2013

What is the most important trend in PPE distribution in the last five years?

Dave Johnson

October 30, 2013

Undoubtedly the fact that almost everyone is now in the PPE distribution business. W.W. Grainger has vastly expanded its safety services, training, checklists, white papers, hotlines, etc. Fastenal, at one time a strictly or almost strictly an industrial fastener company, now markets vending machines of all sizes with all varieties of PPE.

West Chester Protective Gear honored with Vendor of the Year Award by Do it Best Corp.

Personal protection equipment supplier recognized for outstanding products and service provided to industrial division

October 28, 2013

West Chester Protective Gear has been recognized as InCom Distributor Supply “Vendor of the Year” by Do it Best Corp. InCom Distributor Supply is the industrial division of Do it Best and is a growing worldwide network of independent distributors serving the MRO needs of commercial, industrial, and government facilities.

New Elipse® Half Mask

October 22, 2013

GVS is a worldwide leading Manufacturer for filters in the Medical, Automotive and Industrial sectors. GVS has been launching in the US Market a very innovative new Half Mask, the Elipse® , claiming to be the most compact one of the market.