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Hard hat turns 100 this year, inventor’s family celebrates all year

February 6, 2019
Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The Treaty of Versailles was signed. The National Football League was founded. And, the construction industry was forever changed by the invention of an often overlooked but significant worker safety advancement – the hard hat. And, while perhaps not considered a great technological invention now, at the time the invention of the hard hat revolutionized and galvanized the businesses and the people behind American industrial boom.
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KNAACK

KNAACK® introduces new Safety Kage™ model for construction site safety directors

New model incorporates feedback from jobsite professionals; one-stop shop cabinet provides secure storage for fall protection and personal protection equipment
February 6, 2019
KNAACK®, the trusted leader in tool storage and security, today introduces the KNAACK® Safety Kage™ 139-SK-01. This new product expands the KNAACK® Safety Kage™ product line, combining the organization of the original model with added mobility and protection.
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Donald Trump

The AIHA reacts to President Trump's State of the Union Address

February 6, 2019
During this moment, the President laid out his vision of an America united, proclaiming the strength of the economy, and speaking to the importance of safety and security. However, it is with tragic irony that the President seems to have missed a critical – but often silent – problem that impacts his priorities of economic growth and national security: America's workers are not safe at their jobs.
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Confined Space blog
A Confined Space blog post

Weekly Toll: Workers killed on the job in the last two weeks

Not a good couple of weeks to be a worker in Florida — six workplace fatalities
Jordan Barab
Jordan Barab
February 5, 2019
A construction worker has died after he fell 40 feet down an elevator shaft Wednesday at the Salt Lake City International Airport, airport officials confirmed Saturday. The man, 50, worked for Holder-Big D Construction and the company released a statement about his death. “We are deeply saddened that the worker injured on Jan. 30 has passed away,” the statement says. “Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and coworkers.”
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How a cop was exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop

February 5, 2019
The case of a law enforcement officer (LEO) who developed alarming symptoms after a traffic stop highlight can provide lessons for other emergency responders, who are increasingly at risk of being exposed to illicit drugs while on the job. The incident that led to a health hazard evaluation (HHE) occurred in New Hampshire in June 2017. As part of a vehicle search, the officer opened a container of what was suspected to be heroin and fentanyl.
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From the NIOSH Director's desk

NIOSH shows its love for PPE by asking, “How clean is clean?”

Dr. John Howard
February 5, 2019
It’s February, which means that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and love is in the air. At the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), we like to use this time of year as an opportunity to show our appreciation for the personal protective equipment (PPE) that keeps the people we love safe. In this spirit, NIOSH recently set a goal to improve the safety and health of fire fighters by reducing their exposure to harmful contaminants due to unclean or inadequately cleaned PPE.
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Radians

As seen at the 2019 World of Concrete—Radians’ IQuity™ anti-fog demonstrations impress attendees with outstanding performance and non-toxic coating characteristics

February 5, 2019
Radians®, a leading manufacturer of high performance Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), recently demonstrated their premium IQuity™ anti-fog safety eyewear at the 2019 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, NV. The demonstration consisted of a humidifier that compared eyewear without anti-fog coating to eyewear with IQuity technology. According to Alan Shepherd, national construction safety specialist for Radians, “Attendees simply could not believe how IQuity eyewear remained fog-free. ‘Wow, those really do work,’ was a repeated exclamation throughout the show,” says Shepherd.
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Fisher Phillips launches workplace safety and health consulting firm

Focused on achieving ISO 45001 compliance, Fisher Phillips Safety Solutions offers comprehensive and customized risk management, safety and health solutions
February 5, 2019
The labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has launched a new company called Fisher Phillips Safety Solutions, a workplace safety and health consulting firm that assists clients with developing and implementing state-of-the-art safety risk management systems with the goal of achieving ISO 45001 certification. The new ISO 45001 Safety Standard is designed to help organizations reduce work-related accidents or diseases and was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the organization behind other well-known standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management.
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NTSB

Ending distracted driving tops NTSB's "most wanted" list of transportation safety improvements

February 4, 2019
The recent government shutdown may have delayed the release of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) 2019 – 2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, but it doesn’t appear to have downsized it. The agency today unveiled an ambitious version of its biennial wish list, one which calls for the implementation of 46 safety recommendations in just two years.
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