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Millions of workers across the U.S. reply on respiratory protection to keep them safe on the job. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 requires employers to establish and maintain a written respiratory program to protect their employees who wear respirators. Additionally, the proper selection of respirators must be made according to the guidance of ANSI Z88.2. This blog article outlines and simplifies the steps to selecting the right equipment.

Ensure your team's safety with the latest standard in dropped object prevention. This essential standard helps keep everyone protected and promotes a safer workplace culture. Stay ahead in the industry by staying compliant and safeguarding your workplace.

Honeywell is focusing on making PPE as lightweight and breathable as possible, to increase comfort for the wearer and compliance level on job sites during the summer months. Read our expert’s recommendations for employers looking into PPE for warmer weather for their crews. As the hot days of summer months bear down, finding the right Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for your workers goes a long way in ensuring their safety, good health, and comfort.

See more about how different types of protective eyewear models can not only help protect workers but may also increase the comfort level.

When it comes to electrical safety PPE, you need to know if the hazard they’re asking about is electrical shock, arc flash or both. If it’s related to shock, the tests required by the standards will help answer most of the questions for you. Arc flash is not as cut-and-dried and, although the standards provide some guidance, safety professionals typically must use their best judgement. There are also two distinctly different categories this question falls into. One is related to safety and the other involves the financial impact.

It is essential to understand all the conditions that can create explosive environments. While many workplaces might seem safe, there could be hidden dangers that require the proper equipment to enter them safely.

Protect workers, reduce fire risks, and improve productivity by storing flammable fuels and chemicals in code-compliant flammable storage safety cabinets.

Equipping harnesses with suspension trauma safety straps is an easy and effective way to help delay and possibly help prevent the onset of negative symptoms brought on by orthostatic intolerance resulting from a fall from height while in a full-body harness.

There are a lot of gloves on the market that are arc flash tested and designed for arc flash but are not voltage rated. This has caused confusion in the marketplace as to differences between arc flash gloves and rubber insulated electrical gloves. While often lumped into a general category known as “arc flash gloves”, there are big differences that need to be clearly understood.

Cold work gloves protect the wearer from real physical harm when working in a cold environment with exposure to cold surfaces or cold or freezing products.

Protect workers from hazardous cold weather-related injuries and illnesses. Learn about symptoms of and solutions for frostbite, hypothermia, and more.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compiles and shares data annually to alert employers about commonly cited standards on a federal level. State OSHA agencies may compile their own lists. What do these all mean for you, your employer, and your company?

The exponential growth in renewable power generation (wind and solar particularly) as well as electric vehicles (EV), both fully electric and plug-in hybrid, adds additional hazards and risks to the manufacture and servicing of these vehicles. Of increasing interest is the “test it as you use it” approach. While AC is the primary method of electrical testing, the ASTM Specifications for Electrical Protective Equipment for Workers do include both AC and DC test voltages and maximum use voltages for safety. Therefore, it makes sense to DC test electrical gloves for use in applications or environments where there is exposure to DC energized circuits and equipment.

Safety is everyone’s responsibility. In this post, we look at each level of the organization and their respective contributions to the safety of both the individual and the industry as a whole.

Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHSCA) is responsible for approximately 350,000 deaths in the U.S. annually and is responsible for twice as many fatalities than all other workplace injuries combined. You don’t need to be a professional rescuer to help a SCA victim while waiting for emergency services to arrive. The victim’s best chance of survival is immediate CPR and a rescuer with an AED.

Do you know what level of protection your employees are receiving from their hearing protectors? Now you can with a field attenuation estimation system (FAES). FAES is a quantitative method for individual fit testing hearing protection devices (HPDs). This blog describes the 3M™ E-A-Rfit™ Dual-Ear Validation System and the value it can provide for your hearing loss prevention program (HLPP).

Voltage-rated gloves and leather protectors are a worker’s first line of defense against electrical shock, but there continues to be industry-wide confusion around the usage of these two products as a system for optimal protection against electrical shock.

Flame-resistant (FR) apparel is crucial for workers in a variety of industries. As technology and fabrics have evolved, so has the ability to offer work apparel that can provide greater protection from work hazards than ever before.

Selecting the right Hi-Viz multi-season workwear can feel like an arduous task given the overwhelming amount of options available. Read on to discover the critical factors and key elements for consideration to help simplify the process and better protect your workers!

We are surrounded by electricity. The exposure could be relatively low voltage in residential and industrial settings. Or the exposure could be even greater in the case of work near high voltage power lines, including repairing storm damage. Knowing whether the lines and equipment are energized is crucial. Read more to learn how to detect energized lines and equipment.