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Introducing the NEW Saftgard.com - The Smart, Simple and Speedy Way to Shop Online for Safety Today! |
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Saf-T-Gard is pleased to announce that our all-new, totally-updated website (www.saftgard.com) is ready for prime-time! We’ve seamlessly merged the e-commerce capabilities of saftgard.net with the corporate and informational proficiencies of saftgard.com into one, overarching website that showcases the following features and benefits:
- Sleek new design
- Enhanced product content and imagery
- Improved functionality, including predictive, “smart” search engine, guided navigation, faceted product category search and responsive design for use on your PC, smart phone or tablet
- Enriched My Account features, including access to your Saf-T-Gard account to review ALL past orders and invoices, a “Wish List” that conveniently stores favorite items for later reference and a hyper-friendly user interface with the features that you expect, like the Save for Later and Saved Carts tools that simplify the ordering/reordering process
- AND SO MUCH MORE!
All this aside, Saf-T-Gard never loses sight of the fact that the first P in PPE is “personal”. We want to do business the way you want to do business – whether it’s by phone, fax, e-mail, online or in person!
That said, we invite you to spend a few minutes at www.saftgard.com, register for an account to enable online ordering, and let us know what you think. We are confident that you will pleased with the new user experience!
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Try out the New Moldex® Soothers™ 6680 Earplugs That Won't Dry out Your Ears for FREE from Saf-T-Gard |
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The most powerful hearing protection products don't just protect, and the new Moldex® Soothers™ 6680 Disposable Earplugs deliver a high NRR 33dB rating while pampering workers' ears with moisturizing hydration for all-day comfort and compliance!
Do your employees complain about dry ear canals from wearing regular foam earplugs? Click below to request a FREE sample of the new Soothers™ Earplugs from Saf-T-Gard today, and receive a special offer on your first order too!
6680 additional features and benefits include the following:
- First and only earplug to moisturize and hydrate ear canals while delivering all-day comfort and protection
- NRR 33dB - the highest, independently-tested rating suitable for most noisy environments
- Extra-soft, extra-light, low-pressure foam material further enhances comfort
- Tapered shape allows for easy insertion and removal and even fits very small ear canals
- Smooth outer surface is non-irritating
- 100% PVC-free for a greener alternative
- Proudly made in the U.S.A.
- Sold by the box of 200 pairs
Click here to request your FREE sample today, click here to view them online, or call customer service at 1-800-548-GARD (4273) today for more information or to place an order.
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Saf-T-Gard®
Reflect-A-Gard® RG-2005 Vests Deliver Visible Safety and Savings
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Save as much as 68% on Saf-T-Gard® Reflect-A-Gard® RG-2005 Class 2 Hi-Viz Breakaway Safety Vests now through March 31, 2020.
Saf-T-Gard can help keep you seen and safe on the job in the
Reflect-A-Gard® RG-2005 Class 2 Hi-Viz Breakaway Safety Vests with features and benefits that include the following:
- Fluorescent lime polyester mesh fabric offers high visibility and breathable comfort
- Two (2) horizontal and two (2) vertical 2” reflective stripes deliver ANSI/ISEA-107 Class 2 Level 2 compliance
- The vest is designed to separate harmlessly from the body in the event that it gets caught
- The five (5) breakaway points include two (2) on the shoulders, two (2) on the sides and one (1) in the center
- One (1) inner pocket at left chest for convenient storage and transportation of work materials
- Hook-and-loop closure provides easy on/off and comfortable, secure fitting
- Available in sizes Large-5XL
- Sold individually or 50 each/case by size
- $3.25/each or $112.50/case of 50 each by size ($50 minimum order)
- Save 14% more per vest when you order by the case
Click here to shop the RG-2005 Vests online, or call customer service at 1-800-548-GARD (4273) today for more information or to place an order.
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U.S. Department of Labor Approves New Respirator Fit Testing Protocols to Protect Workers from Airborne Contaminants |
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule that provides employers with two new fit testing protocols for ensuring that employees’ respirators fit properly.
The new protocols are the modified ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counter (CNC) quantitative fit testing protocol for full-facepiece and half-mask elastomeric respirators, and the modified ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol for filtering facepiece respirators. Both protocols are variations of the original OSHA-approved ambient aerosol CNC protocol, but have fewer test exercises, shorter exercise duration and a more streamlined sampling sequence.
These two quantitative methods add to the four existing in Appendix A of OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard, which contains mandatory respirator fit testing protocols that employers must choose from to protect employees from hazardous airborne contaminants. The rule does not require employers in general industries, shipyard employment and construction to update or replace their current fit testing methods and does not impose additional costs.
The rule becomes effective September 26, 2019.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
The mission of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
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Vendor Product Spotlight: DuPont™ ProShield® 50
NB-127SWH Coveralls with Zipper Front, Hood and Elastic Wrists and Ankles
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The DuPont™ ProShield® 50 NB-127SWH Coveralls are one of the most economical protective garments available today, with similar performance to many higher-priced alternatives.
NB-127SWH additional features and benefits include the following:
- Made from a microporous film, the ProShield® 50 Garments help to provide a barrier to protect workers who face on-the-job exposure to a range of non-hazardous aerosols, light liquid splash and dry particles
- Lighter weight and roomy design make for greater comfort and mobility
- Additional wearability features include serged seams, zipper front and elastic wrists and ankles
- Ideal for use in janitorial, sanitation and general industrial maintenance applications
- Available in sizes Small-6XL
- Sold by the case of 25 each
Saf-T-Gard carries a comprehensive line of DuPont™ Protective Garments in several different fabrics, including coveralls, pants, shirts, aprons, sleeves, lab coats and Hazmat suits. Click here to shop them online, or call customer service at 1-800-548-GARD (4273) today for more information or to place an order.
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October is Sudden Cardiac Awareness Month |
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This year, roughly 350,000 people in the United States will suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to the American Heart Association. Observe Sudden Cardiac Awareness Month by making sure your AED is ready for a rescue.
- Do you have AEDs at your facility?
- Does anyone regularly maintain your AEDs?
- Are any of your AEDs displaying a visual "fail" signal?
- If so, why is the AED failing? Have its batteries or pads expired, or is it out of warranty?
If you are not sure about these or any other questions regarding the status of your AEDs, click here to download the quick check guide. This will help you to inspect your AEDs to determine whether they are rescue-ready.
When you’re ready to purchase, Saf-T-Gard offers a wide variety of ZOLL AED Plus® packages including semi-automatic and fully-automatic options.
Only ZOLL’s AED Plus® is equipped with Real CPR Help® technology, giving the rescuer real-time feedback on the depth and rate of chest compressions during CPR. The sensor in the pads lets the AED see each chest compression and guides the rescuer, with prompts and a real-time bar gauge, to the recommended depth and rate of compressions. The ZOLL AED Plus® is available in semi-automatic and fully-automatic versions, and each package includes a ZOLL AED Plus® with an AED cover, an adult electrode pad (CPR-D-padz®), (1) sleeve of lithium 123A batteries, a medical prescription and a soft carrying case.
Additional ZOLL AED Plus® features and benefits include the following:
- Novel electrode design delivers a five-year shelf life and fits 99% of the population’s chest anatomy
- Pull-tabs expose the conductive gel on each pad only when it is in direct contact with the skin, limiting the chance of gel contamination
- CPR-D-padz® meet applicable ANSI/AAMI/ISO DF-39-1993 requirements and offer clear anatomical placement illustrations as well as a CPR hand positioning landmark and comes complete with a rescue accessory package, including a barrier mask, razor, scissors, disposable gloves and a towelette
- Display screen presents the elapsed time and number of shocks delivered
- Back-lit display screen provides simultaneous text with every audio prompt and a circle of lighted graphical icons that show what to do
A section of the ZOLL AED Plus® part numbers are as follows:
- 8000-00-4000-01 - AED Plus® Semi-Automatic Package with Medical Prescription
- 8000-00-4003-01 - AED Plus® Semi-Automatic Package with PlusTrac Professional1
- 8000-00-4004-01 - AED Plus® Semi-Automatic Package with PlusTrac Professional5
- 8000-00-4007-01 - AED Plus® Fully-Automatic Package with Medical Prescription
- 8000-00-4010-01 - AED Plus® Fully-Automatic Package with PlusTrac Professional1
- 8000-00-4011-01 - AED Plus® Fully-Automatic Package with PlusTrac Professional5
Click here to download and share the Sudden Cardiac Arrest month infographic, click here to shop the ZOLL AEDs online, or call customer service at 1-800-548-GARD (4273) today for more information or to place an order.
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Saf-T-Gard Catalog
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The time for better safety is now!
Click here to request a FREE copy of our current full-line Saf-T-Gard International, Inc. catalog today, and learn how to better GARD yourself with Saf-T-Gard.
Featuring more than 3,900 different line items from more
than 100 different brands and 14 different product categories, this catalog is an excellent resource and provides a wealth of information to help keep you safe and productive for even the most rigorous applications!
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Quiz: Are You Protecting Your Ears as Much as You Should be?
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Hearing loss is very serious, especially when it's a result of improper hearing protection being used at work. Prevention is easily possible when we follow the rules and put our health and safety first in everything we do in life.
Test your knowledge on hearing protection, including what the best choices are for hearing protection on the jobsite. Click here to take the quiz, and find out if you are doing everything you can to protect your ears.
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| Closeout Corner - Don't Miss These Great Deals |
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Saf-T-Gard is making it easier than ever to save big on your favorite safety items with the "Closeout Corner" featured monthly in the Saf-T-Gardian e-Newsletter.
Click here to view the reduced pricing on all of your must-have items to take advantage of this limited-time pricing and inventory.
Be sure to check back next month for even more products and savings!
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The Top 10 Hazards to Your Hands (and How to Protect against Them)
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Because they are engaged in almost all job activities, hands are at high risk of injury in the workplace. Some tasks, however, place our hands at higher risk than others. Click here for a review of the ten of the biggest hazards to workers' hands and what we can do to keep them safe.
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| Safety Tips |
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1. CLEAN IT UP - Spill kits contain everything necessary to clean up oil-only spills, general maintenance spills, or Hazmat spills
2. CLEAN IT UP - Body fluid cleanup kits are available in a wide range of kit sizes and packaging
3. CLEAN IT UP - Dirty protective eyewear is unsafe
4. CLEAN IT UP - Rubber insulating gloves and related protective gear need a specialized detergent to remove grease and grime without harming the dielectric properties of the products
5. CLEAN IT UP - Respirator facepieces need to be kept clean, fresh and sanitary
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| Did You Know? |
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A fire is the most common type of emergency for which small businesses must plan. A critical decision when planning is whether or not employees should fight a small fire with a portable fire extinguisher or simply evacuate. Small fires can often be put out quickly by a well-trained employee with a portable fire extinguisher. However, to do
this safely, the employee must understand the use and limitation of a portable fire extinguisher and the hazards associated with fighting fires. Evacuation plans that designate or require some or all of the employees to fight fires with portable fire extinguishers increase the level of complexity of the plan and the level of training that must be provided to employees. Click here to learn more about fire prevention planning, training and how the use of portable fire extinguishers can help to ensure safety.
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| Q&A |
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Question - Can an employer require employees to get flu shots?
Answer - OSHA does expect facilities providing healthcare services to perform a risk assessment of their workplace and encourages healthcare employers to offer seasonal flu vaccines. It is important to note that employees need to be properly informed of the benefits of the vaccinations. However,
although OSHA does not specifically require employees to take the vaccines, an employer may do so. In that case, an employee who refuses vaccination because of a reasonable belief that he or she has a medical condition that creates a real danger of serious illness or death (such as serious reaction to the vaccine) may be protected under Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 pertaining to whistle blower rights.
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| Saf-T-Gard Spotlight |
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Lisa Seminara is Senior Marketing Director at Saf-T-Gard, and she has been with the company more than 6 years.
What Lisa likes about Saf-T-Gard:
"I like that I get to be both creative and analytical in my job here at
Saf-T-Gard."
What makes Lisa's day:
"Effectively helping the sales team and our vendors grow our partnerships and overall businesses together and getting to go home to my husband and dog every night."
Lisa's outside interests are:
"I like to run, bike, discover new restaurants in the city and watch movies with my husband."
Anything else:
“Please let me know if there is anything my team and I can do to assist you!"
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Can an electrical worker that is exposed to 50 volts or more wear metal frame (safety or non-safety) glasses?
"Eyeglasses with exposed metal parts are considered "Conductive Apparel". As noted in the middle of column 2 of page 32007 of the preamble published in Volume 55, Number 151 of the Federal Register on Monday August 6, 1990, the Electrical Safety Related Work Practice standard at 1910.333(c)(8) prohibits employees from wearing conductive objects in a manner presenting an electrical contact hazard. Normally, the wearing of eyeglasses containing exposed metal frames (or metal parts of
frames) is not considered to present an electrical contact hazard. However, when the glasses have a metal-type frame, and the employee is working with his or her face extremely close to energized parts or when a metallic chain strap is attached to the frame for wearing around the neck, an electrical contact hazard can be present. In such cases, the standard permits the hazard to be removed by eliminating the chain and wearing either a protective faceshield or appropriate safety glasses over the metal frame optical glasses."
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| As I See It |
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 It is October 2019. As the new season gets going, I’d like to think of some other new things as well. I have previously written Saf-T-Gardian columns about how developing new products really gets me excited. However, we don’t just develop new products because we can.
Rather, we like to develop new products because customers asked us to. Listening to customers is a major key to success in any venture or product development. So the product hook this month is actually a hook - a rescue hook. These devices have been in the market for decades. It’s a simple concept - a fiberglass pole, either 6-feet or 8-feet long, with a curved hook on the end. The purpose is to rescue someone, an injured
person for example, and remove them from the hazard or source of the injury. We are most familiar with rescue hooks used for safely removing people from contact with downed power lines and similar energized equipment. One of the biggest problems with selling these rescue hooks is the freight cost. The hooks are big, bulky, and require freight surcharges from parcel carriers UPS and FedEx. So we listened to customers complain about the shipping costs, and then we
put our heads together and developed a solution. We proudly sell telescoping fiberglass electrically-insulated hot sticks for electrical workers, so why not put the hook on the end of a telescoping fiberglass handle that can still extend a full 8-feet, but collapse down to under 4-feet in length for UPS and FedEx shipping at standard rates without a volume-based surcharge. Please visit www.saftgard.com and search for RESCUE-8T. We are Saf-T-Gard International - Bringing Workers Home Safely Since 1936. |
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