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Your Guide to Respiratory Protection

September 1, 2018

Respiratory protection is arguably the most vital, potentially life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE), along with fall protection gear. And protecting your employees against respiratory hazards is challenging.

Concerns grow over high-intensity blue LEDs

Don’t stare at the glare

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

September 1, 2018

Do blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) affixed to forklifts pose an unnecessary risk? Prompted by employee concerns, a client asked me this question. Choose your answer now, and see if it wavers or changes as you progress through this article.

ISEA standard against blows to the back-of-hand

A new ISEA standard protects against blows to the back-of-hand

Reduce sudden impact

Blanche Maass

September 1, 2018

For Ron Hope, value safety manager for Luck Companies, the range of gloves on the market can be confusing. In his industry, the primary wearers of hand impact protection are maintenance workers carrying out tasks involving heavy lifting, handling steel and swinging hammers.

Going wireless with gas detection

Ask these questions to select the system that works best

Josh Futrell

August 30, 2018

Almost every homeowner has a toolbox filled with trusted tools to help get the job done. Tools that are reliable, and trusted to perform time and time again. Tools that are easy to use and don’t require instruction manuals. The same is true for safety professionals who keep people safe.

Guard against these 8 manufacturing hazards

What are your residual risks?

Jonathan Piel

August 28, 2018

Preventive safety evaluations help protect personnel and equipment, cut costly downtime and losses, and minimize liability exposure. This article highlights common areas of hazards in a manufacturing facility, and some potential solutions to explore.

Faztek to host Manufacturing Day event on October 5, 2018 for Fort Wayne community

Program designed to expand knowledge of manufacturing, improve public perception of manufacturing career opportunities

August 28, 2018

In celebration of Manufacturing Day, Faztek, LLC will open its doors on October 5, 2018 to more than 100 students from Fort Wayne Community Schools, Purdue of Fort Wayne, and other local schools.

ASSP Certification and Accreditation Institute debuts

August 23, 2018

The new ASSP Certification and Accreditation Institute LLC , an independent entity of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), has begun working with companies to certify their workplace safety and health processes to established standards that demonstrate a commitment to quality.

Want a sustainable safety culture?

Audit these 11 operational discipline essentials

Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.

August 23, 2018

We know that most of us don’t like to be bounded by a set of rules around our actions and our behaviors; however, there is no sustainable safety culture if there is no operational discipline.

New path to Certified Safety Professional (CSP) established

August 16, 2018

Individuals completing a curriculum-based safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) program which meets BCSP's Qualified Equivalent Program (QEP) standards are now eligible for the Transitional Safety Practitioner (TSP) designation. Those awarded the TSP designation meet the requirement of holding a BCSP approved credential when applying for the CSP.

ACGIH® presents the Globally Harmonized System of Classification And Labeling Of Chemicals (GHS): A comprehensive course for working with safety data sheets (SDS) webinar series

August 16, 2018

ACGIH® will present The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS): A Comprehensive Course for Working With Safety Data Sheets (SDS) webinar series beginning on October 2, 2018.