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ANSI/ISEA 138 standard

ANSI/ISEA 138-201x for Impact-Resistant Gloves

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.


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PSG

Pure Safety Group unveils two next generation harnesses

Completes the S Series line-up of harnesses
February 7, 2019
Pure Safety Group (PSG), the largest company dedicated solely to fall protection, has unveiled two new products to complete its Series line-up of three Guardian Fall Protection safety harnesses, with applications for keeping workers at height safe in many real-life work scenario. All harnesses meet OSHA standards, exceed ANSI standards and are pending CSA certification.
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ANSI/ISEA 105 - 2016

ANSI/ISEA 105 - 2016 for Hand Protection Classification

February 7, 2019

In recent years, technology advancement has allowed manufacturers to create more sophisticated yarns that improve glove performance significantly. The level of cut protection can be increased by using high-performance materials, and by increasing a material's weight.


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ANSI/ISEA standard 138

Research glove performance

Find the right balance of comfort & protection for the correct chemical
Paul Bryce
February 7, 2019

Selecting chemical protective gloves is a crucial, yet challenging task for safety managers worldwide. Complex portfolios are made even more complicated by evolving standards and regulations, making compliance increasingly difficult in today’s work environments.


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PIP

Protective Industrial Products Inc. to acquire safety industry leader, West Chester Protective Gear

February 6, 2019
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a leading North American supplier of hand protection and general safety products, proudly announces the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire West Chester Protective Gear (West Chester), headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, also a recognized leader in providing personal protective equipment to both the industrial and retail channels. PIP is a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.
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Bullard

Hard hat turns 100 this year, inventor’s family celebrates all year

February 6, 2019
Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The Treaty of Versailles was signed. The National Football League was founded. And, the construction industry was forever changed by the invention of an often overlooked but significant worker safety advancement – the hard hat. And, while perhaps not considered a great technological invention now, at the time the invention of the hard hat revolutionized and galvanized the businesses and the people behind American industrial boom.
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NIOSH

Do you manufacture PPE that protects workers from fentanyl?

List your safety products in NIOSH database
February 6, 2019
The public comment period for the opportunity for manufacturers to list personal protective equipment (PPE) that protects workers again fentanyl exposure in a public database (PPE-Info) has reopened. PPE-Info is a collection of national personal protective equipment (PPE) information.
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Emergency response
From the NIOSH Director's desk

NIOSH shows its love for PPE by asking, “How clean is clean?”

Dr. John Howard
February 5, 2019
It’s February, which means that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and love is in the air. At the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), we like to use this time of year as an opportunity to show our appreciation for the personal protective equipment (PPE) that keeps the people we love safe. In this spirit, NIOSH recently set a goal to improve the safety and health of fire fighters by reducing their exposure to harmful contaminants due to unclean or inadequately cleaned PPE.
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Radians

As seen at the 2019 World of Concrete—Radians’ IQuity™ anti-fog demonstrations impress attendees with outstanding performance and non-toxic coating characteristics

February 5, 2019
Radians®, a leading manufacturer of high performance Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), recently demonstrated their premium IQuity™ anti-fog safety eyewear at the 2019 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, NV. The demonstration consisted of a humidifier that compared eyewear without anti-fog coating to eyewear with IQuity technology. According to Alan Shepherd, national construction safety specialist for Radians, “Attendees simply could not believe how IQuity eyewear remained fog-free. ‘Wow, those really do work,’ was a repeated exclamation throughout the show,” says Shepherd.
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Blackline Safety

Blackline Safety sees G7 drive 2018 results, achieves record revenue of $17.8 million

Annual revenue up $6.1 million compared to prior year
February 4, 2019
Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX Venture: BLN), a global leader of gas detection and connected safety solutions, announced record fourth quarter and annual results for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. “Fiscal 2018 was our first complete year of promoting our G7 connected safety solutions to a global base of industries and businesses with diverse requirements,” said Cody Slater, Blackline CEO and Chairman.
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