Articles Tagged with ''PPE''

A majority of 3M personal safety products are manufactured and assembled right here in the heartland of America. In fact, 85%* of our health and safety products sold in the U.S. are manufactured in the U.S. with local and globally sourced materials.

Many of the thousands of attendees at Safety 2013 are making their way to booth 1185 in the Las Vegas Convention Center to vote in the Safety 2013 Attendee Choice Awards for the most innovative EHS products and services.

For the first time, ISHN magazine and the American Society of Safety Engineers are collaborating on the Safety 2013 Attendee Choice Awards, held on the Las Vegas Convention Center expo floor at ASSE’s Safety 2013. For those of you attending, stop by ISHN booth 1185 to see the display of more than 70 product entries and cast your vote for the most innovative products and services.

A worker who sought emergency treatment for leg burns due to an acid spill alerted OSHA to a lack of PPE at a company that uses acid, hazardous chemicals, lead and cadmium in its Illinois manufacturing facility. The company, Advanced Strobe Products, manufactures strobe and other lights for the aerospace, photographic, vehicular, warning, beacon, and machine industries.

Radians Worldwide debuts the STANLEY personal protective equipment collection exclusively at Screwfix in their September Print Catalogue, at all Screwfix Retail Stores, at the Screwfix LIVE Show (September 13 to 15 at Farnborough Five – Booth 102) and online at www.screwfix.com.

One barometer is to look at the recently formed working groups that will be holding meetings in Montreal: Nanotechnologyworking group; Incident preparation and responseworking group; Oil and gasworking group; Control bandingworking group; Clandestine laboratoryworking group; Green buildingworking group.

Does your work involve the use of chemicals? You might think that injury to employees’ hands through exposure to chemicals is a thing of the past in workplaces. The risks are so well documented and the methods of protection so well known. But think again.

Today America’s leading hearing protection manufacturer proudly announces the availability of the Therma-Soft30 foam earplug. The incredibly soft, low pressure foam earplug is made in the USA from high-visibility orange PVC foam.

Industrial glove manufacturer Southern Glove has announced that it has released its new 2013 product catalog, which is available in digital format on the website at www.southernglove.com/catalog or in a traditional printed version.