Best welding safety practices and equipment are universally applicable. Welding exposes everyone to similar hazards, whether you're responsible for safety at a large, welding-intensive manufacturing company, a billion-dollar engineering-construction firm or a small independent fabricator. Here are 12 tips for improving welding safety in your company, including advice that also improves productivity.
Welding — one of the OSHA-defined “hot work” activities — is a major task in many industries. You’ll find it performed in manufacturing, fabrication, and repair work. In fact, anywhere two or more materials must be joined together, welding will likely be present.
Falls are the leading cause of construction-worker fatalities, accounting for one-third of on-the-job deaths in the industry. In 2017, there were 366 fall fatalities out of 971 total fatalities in construction. According to the CPWR, from 2011-2015, 61% of fatal falls in construction occurred in small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. Almost two-thirds of fatal falls were from roofs, scaffolds, and ladders.
A special highlight at A+A 2019, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, will be the new international START-UP ZONE in Hall 10 promoting young, creative, future-oriented companies. “From health Apps, VR goggles to high-tech textiles – there are no limits to the potential themes at this zone."
Multi-layered technology protects material handling workers
April 8, 2019
ELOKON, a global leader in industrial safety technology, introduced its latest worker safety innovation in Chicago at the ProMat material handling show. It’s a Smart Safety Vest, packed with technology, for pedestrians who work around lift trucks.
The Smart Safety Vest works with ELOKON’s ELOshield proximity detection system, which uses UWB wireless technology to prevent vehicle-pedestrian (and vehicle-vehicle) collisions.
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), the leading North American supplier of hand protection and general safety products, proudly announces its acquisition of QRP Gloves, Inc. (QRP), headquartered in Tucson, AZ.
Products to help prevent heat stress, stop tools from falling and connect smart Industrial Internet of Things devices were among the top products featured on ISHN.com this week.
Did you know that Fall Protection Training citations are on the rise? OSHA cited 1,978 companies for failure to properly train their teams in 2018, up from 1,728 citations in 2017.
Malta Dynamics has you covered with three different safety training programs to meet your needs at any level:
Bullard, an innovative global leader in the personal protective equipment market, announced today the acquisition of Switzerland-based Darix™, an award-winning spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne focusing on improving the situational awareness of professionals in critical environments.
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Protection never looked so good! Bullhead Safety Eyewear gives you the clearest, sharpest, most accurate vision while providing stylish, unsurpassed protection.