PIP introduces three new cut-resistant gloves featuring new Dyneema® Diamond Technology. Developed over a period of four years, the patented ultra-high strength yarns produced with Dyneema® Diamond Technology enable lightweight protection and outstanding comfort and durability at higher levels of cut resistance standards.
Lined with 100 percent DuPont™ Kevlar® throughout, Ergodyne’s new ProFlex® 710CR and 820CR cut-resistant gloves provide ANSI Level 3 cut resistance while maintaining optimal dexterity and flexibility.
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has added a new line of industrial gloves to its Arc Armor™ Welding Protection portfolio designed to endure long-term, repetitive abuse in manufacturing, fabrication and construction welding applications.
Our company recently conducted a national survey of safety managers and executives involved in purchasing high visibility safety apparel. Comfort and quality ranked as the most important factors influencing their purchases — not price.
Every year thousands of eye injuries occur in
the workplace. Throughout the past few years,
stringent regulation and an ever-growing concern
for the health and well-being of employees has
brought advancements in processes, safety procedures,
and first aid protocols to treat the injured.
Use of hearing protection in both occupational and non-occupational environments is intended to help reduce noise exposure levels and noiseinduced hearing loss (NIHL).
It is a misconception that hearing-impaired or deaf workers do not have to participate in a hearing conservation program. Like those with normal hearing, these workers still fall under OSHA, MSHA and FRA regulations for occupational noise exposures.
With the introduction of new age glove fibers to replace yesteryear’s leather and cotton work gloves, hand protection and personal protection equipment (PPE) is on an uptrend in winning the war against hand injuries.
Thanks to advances in safety, the hard hat has evolved over the decades. There have been many improvements in the last decade, but the story began almost 100 years ago.
In any industry where employees are required to work from an elevated height, the risks of falling must be taken into careful consideration. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “Falls are one of the leading causes of traumatic occupational death, accounting for eight percent of all occupational fatalities from trauma.”
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