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White-collar industries are experiencing what we in the industrial market have known for a long time, specialization and expertise outweigh generalization and experience.

According to the National Safety Council’s 2011 “Injury Facts”, the manufacturing and construction industries accounted for 37,080 injuries to fingers and 13,940 to hands.

Work-related eye injuries treated in emergency rooms exceeded 800,000 in 2008; men having a rate four times higher than women.1

OSHA’s new fall protection regulations for the U.S. residential construction industry will be in full effect in September. Are you prepared?

Hard hats are among the most commonly worn personal protective equipment for good reason: they protect our most valuable assets, our heads.

Eye and face injuries cost more than $300 million per year in lost production time, medical expenses and workers’ compensation claims.

Everyone can agree that the economic landscape has shifted significantly over the last few years.

Research has shown that worker self-efficacy is an important factor in the use of hearing protection.

The importance of wearing proper eye protection appropriate for the risk cannot be underestimated as about 70 percent of eye injuries result from flying or falling objects or from sparks striking the eye.