ISEA Protection Update
Protection Update - July 2009
Price Industries Switches Gloves To Reduce Cuts and Costs
It seems rather simple — supply workers with hand protection that provides an appropriate level of cut protection and the incidence of injuries resulting from cuts and lacerations will decrease. The problem is that workers are often more concerned about appearance and how gloves feel than they are about cut protection. They want gloves that look good and are comfortable enough to wear all day....
Protection Update - April 2009
Being Visible Makes Sense
Workers need to be seen. Today, there are more
solutions available than ever before to help protect our workers. One of the easiest ways to keep workers safe is to make them visible. Low visibility is one of the most serious dangers on a jobsite with workers sometimes standing less than 10 feet away from highspeed
traffic, and other workers operating heavy equipment.......
ISEA Announces Public Review for First Aid, Smoke Hood Standards
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recently announced the availability of draft revisions to its voluntary consensus standards for workplace first aid kits and air-purifying respiratory protective smoke escape devices. ...
MSHA $100,000 Club of Safety Citations
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) — www.msha.gov — has proposed penalties in excess of $100,000 for the following recent alleged failures to protect workers from potential hazards. ...
Hearing Protection Findings Stand Conventional Wisdom on Ear
Conventional wisdom has always held that properly inserting an earplug while requiring some technique was essentially a no-brainer. As a result, safety...
ISEA Advocates Safety, Health Management System and Foresees Vigorous OSHA Activity in 2009
ISEA recommended that senior-level officials from the White House and the Labor Department convene a national conference to gather thoughts from stakeholders on how OSHA can be overhauled and revived to become more relevant to workers and workplaces of the 21st century. ...
Nanomaterials: The Future of Personal Protective Equipment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) of the future will be built on a foundation of nanomaterials that will yield a range of new properties to save more lives and prevent more injuries, as well as affording workers enhanced communication, increased comfort and greater durability. ...
Making Workers Safer Around the Nation
The following new services and innovations have been introduced by International Safety Equipment Association member companies to help make workers safer...
OSHA $100,000 Club of Safety Citations
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed penalties of $100,000 or more for the following recent alleged failures to protect workers from potential hazards...
Safety Equipment Works for You
Shield Saves Faceand Possibly Life On Sept. 30, 2008, Todd Adams of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, wrote to Sellstrom Manufacturing Co.: I would just like...
Protection Update - February 2009
Nanomaterials: The Future of Personal Protective Equipment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) of the future will be built on a foundation of nanomaterials that will yield a range of new properties to save more lives and prevent more injuries, as well as affording workers enhanced communication, increased comfort and greater durability. ...
MSA's Ryan Receives ISEA Service Award
MSA Board Chairman John T. Ryan III is the recipient of the International Safety Equipment Association's (ISEA's) Robert B. Hurley Distinguished Service Award for 2008. ...
ISEA Asks FHWA to Clarify High-Vis Worker Rule
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) asked the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to formally recognize vests that meet the ANSI/ISEA 207-2006 American National Standard for Public Safety Vests as complying with the provisions of a worker-visibility regulation that takes effect Nov. 24, 2008....
Protection Update - October 2008
strong>Welcome to a Very Special Protection Update
Seventy-five years ago, a small group of safety equipment industry pioneers came together to form an association to advance their businesses and the cause of worker protection. The Industrial Safety Equipment Association — as it was known for its first 66 years — was from the beginning a leader in safety equipment standardization, a trusted voice for the industry in Washington......
NLEOMF, 3M Partner to Protect Officers on Roadways
NLEOMFs Drive Safely campaign reminds motorists to be careful around emergency vehicles and to slow down and move over when they see police officers stopped...
Protection Update - July 2008
Understanding Cut Protection
Cut resistance is often the primary factor considered when evaluating
gloves for cut protection because it can be easily measured using standard devices such as the Cut Protection Performance Test or CPPT....
Protection Update - April 2008
How to Create an ANSI Z359.2-Compliant Fall-Protection Plan
Any company with personnel who work
at heights must have a fall protection plan to be in compliance with the new ANSI Z359.2 standard. The recently approved ANSI Z359.2 standard, “Minimum Requirements for a Comprehensive Managed Fall Protection Program,” requires a written fall protection program whenever one or more person(s) are routinely exposed to fall hazards and need to be protected with a fall protection system...
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Erring on the Side of Disaster
The creation of a safety culture is a topic discussed at nearly every major occupational safety conference these days. In its simplest form, a safety...
