Respiratory protection - Articles - Page 18

Failure to train: a common violation

Citations span across industries & standards

June 1, 2016

Training requirement violations occur in nearly every standard included in OSHA’s top 10 violations list, including fall protection, respiratory protection, lockout-tagout, machine guarding and electrical safety.

State safety consultations can drive PPE sales

More than 1.4 million workers were covered by visits in 2015

May 5, 2016

OSHA’s Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) grants small businesses that maintain exemplary injury and illness prevention programs an exemption from OSHA programmed inspections for up to two years.

ISHN 2016 Readers Choice Award winners

May 5, 2016

Thousands of ISHN subscribers voted online in ISHN's 2016 Readers' Choice Awards and the results are in! All category winners will receive recognition in ISHN media and a commemorative award!

Evaluate your respiratory exposures from all angles

Paula Varsamis

May 3, 2016

The CDC reports that PPE is used on a regular basis. is used on a regular basis by approximately 20 million workers in the U.S.1.

New Kimtech Pure A5 Sterile Elasticized Hood

Helps close gaps in respirator protection

May 3, 2016

The Kimtech Pure A5 Sterile Elasticized Hood from Kimberly-Clark Professional helps prevent gaps in respirator coverage by offering an uninterrupted seal and customized fit for anyone wearing a full-face respirator.

New Kimtech Pure A5 Sterile Elasticized Hood

Helps close gaps in respirator protection

April 22, 2016

Confined space hazards claim life of Louisiana worker

April 20, 2016

One worker died and two others were hospitalized in an incident last year because their employer failed to follow confined space safety procedures, according to OSHA.

Respiratory standard prevents serious illnesses

But inspectors assessed penalties totaling $2,731,806 in 2015

Maureen Paraventi

March 1, 2016

When engineering control measures aren’t possible or sufficient to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants such as dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors, OSHA requires – through its 1910.134 standard1 – that workers be provided with respiratory protection.

NIOSH research finds that some N95 respirators are fluid-resistant

February 26, 2016

In addition to protecting against inhalation of harmful airborne particles, sample units from four models of N95 filtering-facepiece respirators (FFRs) were found to be resistant to fluid penetration by synthetic blood in laboratory tests by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and an independent testing laboratory.

Nextteq offers patented all-in-one Irritant Smoke Generator

The VeriFit® Irritant Smoke Generator revolutionizes respirator fit testing

February 10, 2016

Nextteq’s VeriFit® Irritant Smoke Generator integrates all the necessary components of a traditional irritant smoke fit testing kit into one convenient device, and offers users cost and safety advantages compared to other qualitative fit test kits.