Lighting solutions and kits that pull together fall protection and other PPE were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

The recent staging of A+A – the Leading International Trade Fair for Safety, Security and Health at Work – closed in Düsseldorf, Germany to record results: 2,121 exhibitors from 63 nations showcased their innovations on 839,600 square feet of exhibit space in ten halls to over 73,000 trade visitors. Every second visitor came from outside Germany.

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a leading supplier of general safety products and supplies for critical environments, proudly announces the acquisition of Uniform Technology, headquartered in Longmont, CO.

MSA is issuing this Inspection Notice to inform you that MSA has received a limited number of field reports in which the lifeline in a WORKMAN MINI PFL did not retract after being fully extended. MSA has not received any reports of injuries associated with this condition. However, we are requesting that you perform the inspection outlined in this notice.

You’ll never see it coming. Your hands will be working on a machine, or guiding a board through a saw, or just resting in the wrong place at the wrong time. You see the blood before you even feel the cut. You can’t believe your eyes, but there it is: a big nasty gash across the palm of your hand, a deep slice across your knuckles, a jagged blood-oozing gap where you had a finger just a second ago.

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a leading supplier of hand protection and general safety products, announces the expansion of their industrial salesforce. PIP’s recent acquisitions, including West Chester Protective Gear, QRP and Worldwide Protective Products, uniquely positioned them to capitalize on the synergies and expertise of four leading Safety organizations to deliver one of the largest salesforces in the PPE industry.

Thirty percent of workers who wear hand protection don’t wear the right kind of glove for the task, according to the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), which has just released a resource designed to help safety managers select the application-appropriate impact protection gloves for their employees. Why does hand protection matter so much? Hand injuries accounted for more than 40% of nonfatal occupational injuries to upper extremities in private industry in 2017 that involved days away from work.

New hand and sleeve protection from Ergodyne, breathable boots with arch support from Tingley and color-coded gloves from Honeywell that helps match the cut resistance level to the application were the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.