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  PPE

  6 Jobs That Call for Disposable Clothing

  Maintaining, inspecting, and extending the life of your personal protective equipment (PPE) is a hot topic. But despite all this talk about prolonging the usable life of...

  By: Scott Laxton | Vice President Purchasing

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  Fall Protection

  An Overview of Self-Retracting Fall Protection Devices

  Falling from height is one of the most dangerous hazards of on-site work, whether in construction or other areas of industry. Here are some recent and sobering numbers...

  By: Steve Prentice

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  EHS Programs

  How to Manage Heat Stress in Open Pit Mining Operations

  Safety professionals know that managing heat stress is critical for ensuring both worker safety and worker comfort.I have helped companies and their employees deal with...

  By: Henry Skjerven

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  Hand Protection

  How to Select the Right Hand Protection for Chemical Hazards

  Chemical-resistant gloves are one of the most common pieces of PPE for handling chemicals in the workplace.While some overly simplistic safety data sheet recommendations...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  Best Practices

  Heavy Metals and Respiratory Safety: What Manufacturers Need to Know

  The periodic table of elements is a representation of the basic matter that comprises all things on Earth. Some of these elements are familiar metals like copper, lead,...

  By: Jack Rubinger

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  EHS Programs

  Protecting Workers from Respirable Dust Hazards in Open Pit Mining

  An open pit mining operation is one that extracts minerals by digging through the surface. The excavation can run deep, but unlike underground mining, the activities...

  By: Henry Skjerven

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  EHS Programs

  How to Handle Heat Stress on the Construction Site

  Heat stress occurs when the body’s natural cooling mechanisms are overwhelmed by the ambient temperature and warm up too quickly as a result. The CDC describes two...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  PPE

  How to Buy the Right Safety Harness for Your Job

  There are many occupations that require the use of harnesses when working at heights, such as roofing, oil and gas, and confined space work. Not all of them are made...

  By: Todd Wells

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  PPE

  How to Clean, Maintain, and Extend the Life of Your Respirator

  Respirators play an incredibly important role in worker safety by preventing exposure to potentially harmful air contaminants such as dusts, fumes, gases, smoke, and...

  By: Jessica Barrett

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  PPE

  Safety Goggles or Safety Glasses - Which Is Right for Your Job?

  Would it surprise you to learn that thousands of people are blinded due to work-related eye injuries each year? Dig a little deeper and you’ll find that the total...

  By: Scott Laxton | Vice President Purchasing

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  Safeopedia Podcasts

  Safety Talks #20: Rethinking PPE (or maybe it's PPP!)

  Do we think about our PPE in the right light, or is it time to blow up the concept of PPE? That is what we are diving into in our discussion today. In this episode of...

  By: Tamara Parris | CD

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  Fall Protection

  4 Steps to Calculating Fall Arrest Distance

  Whether you are working in a cradle, on scaffolding or performing any other type of work at heights, the fall arrest system is of no help if you reach the ground before...

  By: Safeopedia Staff