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Industrial hygienists are vital players in the war against SARSCOV-2

May 14, 2020

Industrial hygiene may not be a household name, but our knowledge base is exactly what is needed to help win this fight.

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In a flash: Take steps to protect workers from hazards

Benita Mehta

May 13, 2020

According to OSHA, arc flash burns are one of the top three most common hazards when working with energized electrical equipment. Every day in the U.S. there are up to 10 arc flash incidents, totaling more than 3,600 disabling electrical contact injuries each year.

Portable gas monitors benefit from wireless technology

Always on

Rick Pedley

May 6, 2020

Today’s consumers are no strangers to wireless technology. We can send and share updates with the touch of a finger. Automatic alerts and notifications remind us to pay our bills, lower the thermostat, and even take our medication. So why not apply the same technology to the portable gas monitor industry?

What is a Respiratory Protection Program and when do you need one?

Clean, comfortable, compliant

Karena Dyer

May 5, 2020

Employee exposure to airborne contaminates in the working environment and an insufficient respiratory program, or the lack of one, may result in OSHA violations and fines. It is essential as an employer to understand the importance of respiratory protection and when a Respiratory Protection Program (RPP) is needed.

Voting begins for ISHN's 2020 Readers' Choice Awards

April 13, 2020

Help ISHN recognize innovative safety products by voting in our 8th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Voting is under way and closes at 11:49 p.m. EST on May 31, 2020.

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What you need to know about coronavirus

What are the symptoms of coronavirus, and how is it treated?

April 1, 2020

What exactly are the symptoms of coronavirus, anyway? Is it deadly? How worried should I be? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says little is known about the virus, but it still has some tentative answers.

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Get your hands on the right safety gloves

Safety gloves, correctly sized and engineered with the correct materials, defend workers from virtually any type of hazard

Carrie Halle

April 1, 2020

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, injuries to hands accounted for nearly 25 percent of all lost-time industrial injuries - a total of 110,000 annually. Seventy percent of those injuries resulted when an employee was not wearing safety gloves, while the other 30 percent of hand injuries occurred while an employee was wearing the wrong kind of gloves.

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ISEA work group begins the process

A standard for connected worker issues?

Dave Johnson

April 1, 2020

ISEA – the International Safety Equipment Association – is moving forward with a connected worker task group of member companies -- all safety equipment manufacturers -- to decide what actions are needed to ensure and advance safety in the broad, rapidly expanding field of connected worker devices.

Future Focus: Innovation abounds in industrial eye protection

Christopher Young

April 1, 2020

Workplace eye injuries from mechanical or chemical means have increased due to the rise of industrialization globally. The two most common reasons behind such injuries are either the workers were not wearing eye protection or they had worn wrong eye protection at the time of the accident.

Strengthen safety by emphasizing equipment reliability

Keep the Gears Moving

Dave Johnson

April 1, 2020

Frankly I’m puzzled why others don’t see the parallels between world-class manufacturing and reliability and maintainability and worker safety,” says Phil LaDuke, who taught reliability and maintainability for one of the Big Three auto companies before moving into safety consulting.