Magid Glove & Safety has expanded its T-REX® Flex Series® Lean lineup with the new TRX449. Lean impact protection means no more overprotecting with thick TPR, or under protecting with non-impact gloves.
We tend to think of impact work gloves as something you see on oil rigs or construction sites, where heavy duty impacts and blows are common. But almost any manufacturing process involves some type of rough work that can bump or bruise workers’ hands.
How do the standards helping to regulate North America’s PPE industry support health and safety managers tasked with keeping their teams free from harm?
Hearing loss isn’t the first injury that comes to mind when an arc fault occurs. The light and heat emitted by the massive electrical explosion – the arc flash – can cause life-threatening and life-altering burns to the skin, compression injuries and loss of limbs if workers are left unprotected.
ANSI/ISEA 138 is a work in progress. The second consensus ballot/public review draft was released in October, 2018.
February 7, 2019
There are 110,000 lost-time hand injuries annually. Hand injuries send more than one million workers to the emergency room each year. And 70 percent of workers who experience hand injuries are not wearing gloves.
Revco Industries is pleased to introduce the new AccuFlex™ GR4140 glove by Black Stallion®. This glove includes “dual hazard” protection with both ANSI level 3 cut resistance and impact protection.
Gateway Safety’s Cyclone®, one of the industry’s only impact-to-splash goggles, offers two safety solutions and one great value — all in one versatile product. First, users can wear the dual-use goggle as Cyclone Impact, featuring a strong polycarbonate lens surrounded by a sturdy vinyl frame.
Safety shoes and boots which meet the ANSI Z41-1991 Standard provide both impact and compression protection. Where necessary, safety shoes can be obtained which provide puncture protection.
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. is proud to introduce its new interactive online selector guide for safety eyewear. Running off of PIP’s proprietary search engine platform, this selector guide allow users to quickly zoom in on the optimal safety eyewear choices for their specific task.
