Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The Treaty of Versailles was signed. The National Football League was founded. And, the construction industry was forever changed by the invention of an often overlooked but significant worker safety advancement – the hard hat. And, while perhaps not considered a great technological invention now, at the time the invention of the hard hat revolutionized and galvanized the businesses and the people behind American industrial boom.

In order to provide the flexibility we need to offer our distributor partners more options and more competitive pricing in the United States, Dynamic Safety, USA is reorganizing to form Optimum Safety. We will continue to be the exclusive supplier of the Dynamic Safety brand of products in the USA, and now have the ability to provide other brands and more value-added price points, especially in the Eye & Face and Fall Protection product categories.

Cementex, the safety tool specialists, announces that the color of the company’s Arc Flash Resistant PPE Task Wear Face Shield has changed from green to gray. Providing exceptional Visible Light Transfer (VLT), the Cementex Hundred Series are constructed with a True Color Gray (TCG) Arc Rated Face Shield, improving technician vision over prior green models.

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Market is projected to reach USD 70 billion by 2024. Personal protective equipment is used to protect body from infection, injury, and accidental hazards along with workplace safety to the employees. It includes protective helmets, clothing, goggles, gloves, respiratory protection, and footwear.

The Serpent® safety helmet family by Gateway Safety now includes a full brim version! The new product extension features the same sleek design as the original cap style safety helmet, with a wraparound brim to provide 360 degree sun and rain protection for workers in the field.

A lockout tagout safety center, dust and fume collectors and hard hits that fit were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

While there are only two recognized classifications of protective helmets that meet ANSI requirements, but there are multiple considerations to take into account when choosing a hard hat that is right for the job.

A high-performance, low-profile headlamp, gas monitors that communicate and a new lightweight FR fabric were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Customizeable hard hats, a gas detector/two-way radio combination and cut resistance gloves that hide dirt were among the occupational safety and health products featured this week on ISHN.com.

Streamlight®, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting for industrial uses, has introduced the Vantage® II helmet light, a low-profile, lightweight flashlight that attaches in seconds to slotted industrial hard hats.