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New Pig, the number one brand that helps companies manage leaks, drips and spills to protect workers, facilities and the environment, is excited to be a part of ASSE’S “Safety 2017” exposition, June 19-22 in Denver, CO.

Today, DuPont Sustainable Solutions launches a library of 40 microlearning e-learning courses and videos that deliver bite-sized safety tips to help improve learning retention and close performance gaps.

The DPA Buying Group is pleased to welcome six new distributor members to its safety products division: Chagrin Safety Supply, Inc. (Chagrin Falls, OH); Empire Safety & Supply (Roseville, CA); Environmental Safety Services (Fremont, CA); Industrial Safety, Inc. (Clear Lake, WI); Konnected LLC dba Safety Cutter International (Palm Beach Gardens, FL); National Industrial and Safety Supply (Olympia, WA).

Material handling equipment and safety products manufacturer, Wildeck, Inc., has announced the promotion of Paul Mihelich to the position of Vice President, Sales & Marketing, for its Waukesha, Wisconsin and Goodyear, Arizona operations.

Rockford Systems, LLC announced today the expansion of its executive sales management team with the addition of new sales leadership for key accounts and the structural realigning of its regional sales organization. The steps are being taken in direct response to company growth and surging market demand for its innovative machine safeguarding solutions and services.

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, today released a new white paper titled “How We Should Talk about Safety Culture: Rewriting the Conversation,” in conjunction with National Safety Month in June.

GreenWood, Inc., an integrated operations, maintenance and construction solutions provider, celebrates a major safety milestone of 5 million safe work hours at their Merck project site in Elkton, Virginia. GreenWood provides Merck with various construction related services. The continuous relationship between GreenWood and Merck covers more than 26 years without a lost time injury.

3M™ Personal Safety Division will showcase its latest innovations in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo (AIHce EXP), booth #1511, in Seattle beginning Sunday, June 4. In addition to the debut of new products and services, 3M will be offering a series of presentations to highlight hearing and respiratory protection and the growing importance of digital record keeping and asset management.

Press Brakes are currently a hot topic in the “Machine Safeguarding” arena. OSHA regulations consider press brakes to be a 1910.212 machine, saying to the employer; “one or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, in-going nip points, rotating parts, flying chips, and sparks” … 1910.212 requirements are good place to start, but they leave out the details of exactly how to go about safeguarding any particular machine.