It’s my sense that sequestration will happen, and that it will last for about two months. After that period, the pain for Congress and the impacted public – defense and non-defense alike - will be too great.

Heads up! The International Safety Equipment Association’s (ISEA) Head Protection Group is laying groundwork to update the ANSI/ ISEA Z89.1-2009 American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection. ISEA anticipates a revised document sometime in 2013.

Users of fixed-site detection systems now range from sophisticated safety pros all the way to workers with little or no background in such systems. Knowing what type of sensor is needed and where the sensors should be placed will be valuable information to any user.