Brian Cormican

Brian Cormican is the vice president of Business and Channel Development for Chapman Innovations. He travels across the country giving demonstrations on shop floors, in safety managers’ offices, and at race tracks about the protective properties of CarbonX® fabrics and apparel. Brian has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration - Finance from Brigham Young University. Visit www.carbonx.com or call 801-415-0025.

Get FR Smart

Not all flame-resistant fabrics are the same

Brian Cormican

September 6, 2012

A word of caution about personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers who are routinely exposed to direct flame, extreme heat, molten metal, hot liquids or arc flash

No threat is too small

Fabrics and fibers provide “crossover” protection

Brian Cormican

June 6, 2012

Current economic conditions create difficult challenges for companies in high-risk industries across the U.S.

Comfort equals compliance

Invest in protective apparel that workers want to wear

Brian Cormican

March 1, 2012

It may seem obvious: If personal protective equipment (PPE) apparel is comfortable, more workers are going to wear it.

Aluminized apparel takes the heat

New technologies provide protection that’s not heavy or rigid

Brian Cormican

July 11, 2011

There is a common perception among professionals working in molten metal and high-heat environments that aluminized protective apparel must be heavy and rigid in order to adequately protect against both radiant heat and molten metal splash.