Archive for March 2020
GM to Make Face Masks for Frontline Workers
To help protect workers in essential services across the country, GM launched a rapid-response project to produce masks at scale on Friday, March 20. Seven days later, the team had produced their first sample on the new production line. By next week, GM expects to deliver its first 20,000 masks to frontline workers. Without help…
Read MoreMalta Dynamics Launches Rebar Chain Assembly for Hands-Free Repositioning at Heights
Malta Dynamics announced its new 24 in. rebar chain assembly positioning device. The device is designed to allow workers to reposition themselves hands-free while elevated off the ground. It is reportedly ideal for applications on rebar structures, allowing workers to lean away from the wall and position themselves safely and easily while keeping their hands…
Read MoreChina Textile Commerce Association and Messe Duesseldorf Shanghai to Jointly Organize CIOSH
The China Textile Commerce Association (CTCA) and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly organize and further strengthen China’s leading occupational safety trade show – China International Occupational Safety & Health Goods Expo (CIOSH). The 100th edition will be held in the Shanghai New International Expo Center from July…
Read MorePPE Manufacturer Radians Donates over 14,000 N95 Masks to Help First Responders and Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
Radians, a manufacturer of quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) announced it has donated over 14,000 N95 masks to its hometown Memphis, Tenn. Radians added the N95 respirator to its PPE portfolio in 2018. “We knew that adding N95 respirators to our portfolio was important, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, they have become a critical PPE…
Read MoreBracing for a Global Single-Use Nitrile and Latex Glove Shortage
As the global demand for single-use gloves increases, and personnel restrictions have decreased factory production, there will be an inevitable shortage of nitrile and latex gloves. To address this, SW® recommends that we immediately begin to reserve nitrile and latex gloves for frontline mission-critical workers and offer thermoplastic extruded (TPE) and vinyl gloves as alternatives…
Read MoreCasella Announce Schedule of 2020 Webinars
Throughout 2020, Casella is running monthly free webinars covering key elements and best practices in its core knowledge base and product areas: Introduction to Workplace Noise, Use of Sound Level Meters and Noise Dosimeters, Introduction to Personal Dust Monitoring, Setting up Air Sampling Pumps, Introduction to Personal Sampling of Vapours and Gases and Introduction to…
Read MoreGuardian Harness
Pure Safety Group (PSG) is the largest dedicated fall protection company in the world, providing high-performance and professional height safety equipment, tool tethering products, textile lifting and lashing products and services such as training, engineering and onsite consultation. Its more than 350 employees serve customers in the construction, oil and gas, energy, utilities, telecom, mining and transportation…
Read MoreBelieve It or Not
By Brian Colburn, Contributor Not long ago, I heard an amazing story. A small air transport company was found to be training their pilots in some very unconventional ways. This particular company was in a vicious competition with their competitors to stay afloat, and every dollar was counted carefully. They were also under tremendous pressure…
Read MoreUniversal Robots Debuted New Cobot-Powered Fulfillment Solutions
With eCommerce generating the greatest year-over-year growth of all U.S. retail industries, there is now more warehousing space being built in the U.S. than projected warehousing jobs required to fill that space. When thousands of supply chain professionals were asked in a recent Materials Handling Institute survey what technologies would yield the greatest boost to…
Read MoreJLG Industries Inc. and ABC Keystone Partner to Provide Enhanced Equipment Safety Training
A strategic partnership between JLG Industries, Inc. and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has resulted in enhanced equipment training at the ABC Keystone Chapter with the delivery of three pieces of equipment to the chapter training facility in Manheim, Penn, on March 5. The equipment includes a rough terrain forklift, a 1930ES scissor lift and…
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