Capital Safety, a leading manufacturer of fall protection equipment under the DBI-SALA™, UNILINE® and PROTECTA® brands, today announced the completion of its acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”), a global investment firm.
A new OSHA PowerPoint presentation shows the heavy financial cost resulting from falls in construction. OSHA analyzed workers' compensation data for injuries resulting from falls from elevations suffered by roofers and carpenters.
OSHA is reporting a November near-tragedy at an Illinois worksite, when an agency investigator on a Local Emphasis Program (LED) inspection noticed employees of a roofing contractor and a building restoration company working on a church roof without any fall protection.
Capital Safety, the world’s leading manufacturer of fall protection equipment under the DBI-SALA™, UNILINE® and PROTECTA® brands, has announced its acquisition by KKR, a leading global investment firm, from Arle Capital Partners, which had owned the company since mid-2007.
Dangerous overpass painting, lunching with cadmium and where's the eyewash?
November 28, 2011
From unnecessarily dangerous overpass painting to workers storing their lunches at cadmium-contaminated workstations, OSHA's recent citations and orders were directed at a range of employers including a construction company, a gun manufacturer, a sponge processor and a trucking company.
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA, PROTECTA and UNILINE brands of fall protection equipment, introduces the new DBI-SALA Nano-Lok™ Self Retracting Lifelines (SRL).
Horizontal system offers hands free fall protection
November 23, 2011
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA, UNILINE and PROTECTA brands of fall protection equipment, announces the launch of its UniRail™ horizontal rail system, one of the first engineered systems to be distributed underneath Capital Safety’s newly acquired Uniline brand.