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You’ve heard it before: personal protective equipment (PPE) is the last line of defense. When you’re standing face-to-face with an electrical fire, or a vaporizing arc flash that can happen in the blink of an eye, your gear is a lifeline. It can make the difference between getting home safe, and being sent home in a wooden box.

Dynamic Safety, USA, based in Somerset, NJ has officially begun servicing the needs of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) distributors and users throughout the United States. With over 100 years of experience in PPE product development, manufacturing, product customization, technical support and sales and marketing, Dynamic Safety, USA can provide distributors and users with all they need to protect our country’s workers, increase productivity and stay in compliance with the ever changing safety regulations.

For decades the humble safety boot was simply considered part of a uniform and remained hard, heavy and uncomfortable despite advancements in safety and comfort technology. Steel Blue boots’ innovative attitude and industry leadership has set them apart from other brands and they are the only work boot down under to be endorsed by the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

Motion Industries, a leading distributor of industrial maintenance, repair, and operation (MRO) replacement parts is pleased to announce the release of another Tom’s Toolbox video. The video series follows the same format as MiHow2, but in shorter time snippets.

VAC-U-MAX announces exhibition at Pack Expo 2015, September 28-30, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, Booth S-7422, exhibiting ready-to-operate processing and packaging solutions for powder and bulk ingredient transfer in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.

Introduction to Crowd Science examines the growing rate of crowd-related accidents and incidents around the world. Using tools, methods, and worked examples gleaned from over 20 years of experience, this text provides an understanding of crowd safety.

An increasing number of jobs once performed by humans are now performed by robots. Most incidents of injury occur during activities such as maintenance, programming, and adjustments of robots. To avoid such incidents, employers should consider the following fundamental areas for safety improvements.

Youth@Work-Talking Safety is a free customized curriculum that provides youth with work readiness skills to keep them safe and healthy on the job now and throughout their lives. This NIOSH brochure, intended for educators, school administrators, school boards of education, and community leaders, provides a brief overview of the curriculum and describes the benefits of using Talking Safety in middle schools and high schools in all U.S. states and territories.

New research from AT&T shows nearly 4-in-10 smartphone users tap into social media while driving. Almost 3-in-10 surf the net. And surprisingly, 1-in-10 video chat.

AT&T recently released its latest advertisement in their “It Can Wait” Campaign. Meant to be a wakeup call to distracted drivers, it is getting widespread attention. According to the “It Can Wait” website (www.itcanwait.com), more than seven million drivers have made the pledge to “keep their eyes on the road, not on their phone.”