First and only sharp edge personal SRL with foot level tie-off
January 29, 2014
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands of fall protection equipment, is pleased to introduce the revolutionary new Nano-Lok™edge — the first personal self-retracting lifeline (SRL) engineered for both foot level tie-off and sharp edge applications.
MFA Inc. has been cited for 13 serious safety violations by OSHA after a worker was fatally injured on Aug. 26 at the Aurora-based milling plant. The worker landed on a first floor concrete area after falling about 40 feet from a man lift used to transport materials in the facility.
Phoenix area residents are getting an eyeful of OSHA’s campaign to reduce construction industry falls in the form of billboards bearing stark personal messages, along with a reminder of the agency’s anti-fall motto: Plan. Provide. Train.
Innovation and safety solutions provide the power to protect workers
January 16, 2014
3M has named Frank Little executive vice president of 3M's Safety and Graphics business. In this role, Little will oversee more than 40 major platforms, including respiratory protection, hearing protection, fall protection, passive fire protection, protective eyewear, head and face protection, reflective materials and graphics for traffic control and guidance, commercial hand and floor pads, and other adjacent solutions.
Every week at least one person is killed on a construction site in the United Kingdom, but the truth is that various simple measures can prevent this. We all know that construction has its dangers with hazardous chemicals, falling objects and damaging noise levels however; there are many different pieces of equipment that can literally save your life.
Lightweight fall protection specially designed for workers on drilling or service rigs and in oil fields
January 7, 2014
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announces its latest offering in the Miller AirCore™ family of lightweight harnesses — the Miller AirCore™ Oil & Gas Harness. This harness, designed specifically for the oil and gas industry, offers unique features to accommodate the fall protection needs of workers on drilling or service rigs and in oil fields.
A New York paining and stucco contractor with a long history of fall protection and scaffold safety violations has wracked up a new set of OSHA violations, with a $460,350 price tag.
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, once used to track nuclear missiles, shipping containers and even livestock, has evolved into a smart solution for managing safety equipment.
Throughout 2014, ISHN will report in each issue on one of the 12 most frequently cited OSHA standards, for fiscal year 2013, ending September 30, 2013.