garment industry

GlenGuard- Maintenance of AR/FR Workwear

Protecting What is Built to Protect: Maintenance of AR/FR Workwear

May 28, 2020

As a safety professional, you’re no doubt familiar with the industry-guiding standard of NFPA 2112. This crucial set of guidelines ensures that workers are protected from flash fire in an industrial environment by flame resistant (FR) work wear.

What to look for in a PPE provider

A how-to guide & benefits of consolidating your buy

Jim Bailey

September 9, 2019

Safety managers are responsible for keeping workers safe, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of sales or productivity. That often starts with picking the right PPE provider. At its core, a PPE provider partnership is about delivering high levels of service and quality products.

PPE makes use of smart sensor technology

Clever clothing innovations are making PPE use more acceptable, with more versatile applications.

Christopher Young

May 21, 2019

Workplace safety is one of the major concerns that has been successfully driving the international industrial protective clothing fabric market. Today, from hard hats to steel-toed boots, personal protective equipment, often known as PPE, is keeping workers safe from head to toe.

OHS initiative for workers, community established in Bangladesh

October 6, 2016

On October 2, 2016, the OHS Initiative for Workers and Community received the legally required approval from the Bangladesh government’s NGO Bureau to begin operations, green-lighting its “train-the-trainer” program on workplace health and safety with six leading labor, women’s, public health and occupational health and safety (OHS) organizations.

Actually some things have changed…

Marking the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

May 11, 2016

April 24th marked the third anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh, that killed 1,138 garment workers in a moment and injured 2,500 others, some disabled for life.

AIHA funds trip to Bangladesh to assess needs and offer technical expertise

October 3, 2014

Garrett Brown, CIH, this week issued the a report on a six-day trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, he made with Todd Jailer of Hesperian Health Guides to meet with 17 different government, employer, union and non-governmental organizations in Dhaka.

I2P2 rule, safety in global apparel industry to be explored at AIHA Fall Conference

Emerging OEHS government policies will be hot topics

September 23, 2014

Several high-profile government policy issues in the industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety field will be featured at the 2014 AIHA Fall Conference, coming up Oct. 18-22 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Washington, D.C.

Bangladesh blowback: Hopes for improved garment factory safety

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

June 2, 2014

For the first time in any global supply chain, genuinely independent inspections of garment factories are identifying and correcting life safety hazards that have killed hundreds of Bangladesh garment workers in recent years.

First-ever NFPA 2112 certified outerwear unveiled

Utilities workers and electricians finally have an answer to cold weather flash fire hazards

March 22, 2013

National Safety Apparel has released its newest innovation, outerwear UL Certified to the NFPA 2112 standard for flash fire resistance. These brand new garments are a spin on the popular Explorer Series™ parka, jacket, and bib overall released in the fall of 2012.