Eye, Face & Head Protection
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Prevent Blindness America Launches Vision Benefits Initiative
Prevent Blindness America has launched Sight Saved, a Web-based initiative designed to educate employers about the importance of providing vision benefits to their employees and to encourage workers to schedule regular, comprehensive exams and wear proper eyewear to enhance and protect their vision...
Keeping Workplace Eye Wellness in Sight
Put eye wellness in your line of vision to create a healthier, more productive work force...
Protect Blindness America, Sperian Join Forces to Reduce Workplace Eye Injuries
Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, and Sperian Protection have entered into a strategic partnership to help reduce workplace eye injuries and promote a culture of safety...
At-Home Safety: Protecting Eyes from the Sun with Contact Lenses
A new study reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science found that UV-blocking contact lenses may reduce or eliminate the effects of the sun’s harmful UV radiation...
ISEA Announces Updated Standard for High-Vis Safety Apparel
An updated national consensus standard for high-visibility safety apparel from the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) now includes service-life guidelines and provides criteria and test requirements for garments marked as flame- or water-resistant...
2009 Holiday Safety: Top Holiday Hazards
It is common knowledge that more accidents occur during the holiday season than any other time of the year. The best way to prevent an injury is to learn the most common reasons that bring a person into the ER...
OSHA Updates PPE Standards to Reference Consensus Standards
On Sept. 9, OSHA issued a final rule revising the PPE sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring and marine terminals standards to reflect recent editions of the applicable national consensus standards that incorporate advances in technology...
Ready for Anything? An Emergency Response Checklist
Years ago, it was acceptable to factor loss of life into the planning for major public works projects like dams and bridges. In those days, safety in...
Knives and Cutting What Dangers are Lurking in Your Workplace?
Did you know you could promote and support your workplace safety culture by instituting a safety cutter program?...
Eye and Face Protection: At Home, At Risk
Homes are the setting for nearly half of all eye injuries. Our eye safety is at risk not only on the job, but also in the place we call home...
Updated ANSI/ISEA Industrial Head Protection Standard is Approved
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recently received American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval for an updated industrial head protection standard, which includes criteria for high-visibility equipment and top-of-head protection....
Off-the-Job Safety: September is Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America has declared September as Home Eye Safety Awareness Month in an effort to remind everyone of the hazards in their own homes...
Off-the-Job Safety: Keep Eyes Safely On The Ball
Noah was 7 years old when an errant paintball smashed into his left eye and sent him from the sidelines of his brothers game to the emergency room. I...
Keep the Gloves On!
According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hand injuries account for 1,080,000 emergency department visits by workers per...
800,000 Eye Injuries Occur Annually, 90% are Preventable
Common causes of workplace eye injuries include chemical burns, cuts, lacerations and punctures. These injuries most frequently occur in production, transportation...
Editor's Notebook: The Danger of Questions and Brain Ninjas
It was an innocent-enough question. A client wanted to know if the staff of Occupational Hazards had heard anything about a study that examined the efficacy...
Face the Facts: Your Face Deserves Better Protection
Consider this scenario: a worker is in the process of sealing a coupling on an air pressure activator when all of a sudden, the sealing gun explodes,...
NIOSH: Supplemental Rest Breaks Minimize Eye Strain For Data Entry Workers
Researchers from NIOSH followed 51 workers for 8 weeks. The workers received standard work breaks (two breaks per day, 15 minutes each) for half of the...
Seeing the Light
As I mentioned in an earlier column, I recently moved to a new office. The physical ergonomics of my work space the placement of my computer, telephone,...
Chamber of Commerce: Don't Micromanage OSHA
According to the chamber, the provisions in the bill create an unacceptable level of micromanaging OSHA in a way that would impair the agency's ability...
ISEA Challenges OSHA PPE Standards Proposal
In comments submitted July 16, ISEA said the agency's May 17 proposal to change the way it recognizes product performance standards for personal protective...
Using Your Head
As the corporate vice president for safety at Donley Inc., a large construction contractor in Northeast Ohio, Carlos Figueroa Jr. knows a thing or two...
Here Comes the Sun: Are Your Eyes Ready for It?
Most people know the harmful effects such as premature aging and skin cancer that ultraviolet (UV) rays can have on their skin. But many are not aware...
OSHA Proposes Revisions on PPE Standards
In the May 17 Federal Register, OSHA has published a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the PPE sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring and marine terminals standards...
AFL-CIO: Nation's Workplaces Too Unsafe
The union's annual report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, was released April 26 as a precurser to Workers Memorial Day on April 28. The report...
