personal protection system Articles
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Industrial hygiene assessment of a large chemical manufacturing facility – Case Study
Challenge: Antea®Group was contracted by a large international chemical manufacturing organization to provide a plant-wide industrial hygiene assessment of chemical and noise exposures within their facility. The overall objective of the project was to evaluate worker exposures, compare results as to compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines, and to provide recommendations for ...
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Workplace Falls Get Fresh Attention
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tackling a major source of industrial injuries – slips, trips and falls on workplace surfaces. On May 24, OSHA proposed significant revisions to Subparts D and I of the general industry standards dealing with walking-working surfaces and personal protective equipment (PPE), respectively. This column outlines the reasons why ...
By Acta Group
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Silver Membranes in Monitoring Respirable Crystalline Silica
Crystalline silica, most commonly found in the form of quartz, is a basic component of the earth; it’s found in soil, sand granite, and other minerals. During many industrial processes, crystalline silica is released as particles that are 100 times smaller than beach sand.1 Due to their size, these mineral particles cannot easily be cleared by human lungs. Instead, they persist in the ...
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Lone workers in the hierarchy of safety controls - Case Study
A large oil and gas producer was in the market to outfit lone workers with new safety equipment at one of its operations in the western United States. Lone worker solutions have come a long way in taking full advantage of current technology. While lone worker solutions are important, they only make up a small portion of the PPE (personal protective equipment) market. “Industrial ...
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Using Web-Based Collaboration to improve Job Hazard Analysis
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires a hazard analysis of jobs to ensure mitigating controls such as engineering controls, administrative controls and personal protective equipment (PPE) are applied to protect workers from harm. The Departments of Energy, Defense, and Interior have specific standards that require performing hazard analyses. As an Environmental Safety ...
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Mercury Removal using Anotec
Mercury removal from industrial settings can be a complex process because of the risks associated with handling mercury and the potential for mercury to be released into the environment. Mercury is a toxic substance that can harm humans and the environment, and it can be difficult to control because it can exist in various forms, including vapors, liquids, and solids. Anotec Hg Suppressor sprays ...
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Workplace falls get fresh attention
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tackling a major source of industrial injuries — slips, trips and falls on workplace surfaces. On May 24, OSHA proposed significant revisions to Subparts D and I of the general industry standards dealing with walkingworking surfaces and personal protective equipment (PPE), respectively. This column outlines the reasons why ...
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What is an Occupational Health Consultant? How do I find one?
Occupational Health and Safety People engaged in manufacturing, the folks who make the products we all use every day, are exposed to a wide variety of chemical liquids, gases, vapors, fumes, fibers, dust, microbes, and other particulates, which all have the capacity to cause harm. Of course, just because something can hurt you, doesn’t mean that it will. Then again, even ordinary drinking ...
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What Is Occupational Health?
So who determines whether a particular chemical, microbe, or particulate is likely to hurt a worker who is exposed during the course of his or her work activities? Enter the Industrial Hygienist, also referred to as an Occupational Health Specialist or Occupational Hygienist. People engaged in manufacturing, the folks who make the products we all use every day, are exposed to a wide variety of ...
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Personal Ear Protection – PPE for noise at work
Personal Ear Protection – the last resort PPE should always be regarded as a ‘last resort’ to protect against risks to safety and health in the workplace. The provision of personal hearing protection is no different. You may find resistance from your workforce using them and they can be costly to maintain and replace. They can also interfere with communications, more ...
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Three Reasons Why It’s Time to Invest in Your Own Air Purity Test Kit
The costs of hiring someone to test your breathing air lines on site can quickly add up, have you ever considered doing your own tests? The use of breathing masks and compressed breathing air is a vital component of maintaining safety standards on site. The air produced protects workers in spray booths, car body shops and other applications where isocyanate paint mixtures are used. It enables ...
By a1-cbiss
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The Hierarchy of Controls
A step-by-step path to eliminate or reduce hazards. Are you familiar with the Hierarchy of Controls? Featuring an inverted pyramid, it’s a framework and a visual guide for controlling workplace hazards and protecting employees. The hierarchy starts with the controls perceived to be most effective. Then, it moves down to those considered least effective. As defined by NIOSH, the hierarchy ...
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OSHA Issues a Correction to Walking-Working Surfaces: What this Means for Harnesses, Ladders, Industrial Gates and More
To ensure the safety for workers around the country, OSHA is always looking for ways to improve and clarify safety regulations in response to new information, questions, methodology, and technology. With that in mind, they have recently updated some rules, many of which relate to general industry fall protection. Here’s a look at the new regulations and what you may need in terms of ...
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9 Dos & Don`ts of Industrial Active Fall Protection
When it comes to active fall protection, what you do and what you don’t do are equally important. You might have the best OSHA-compliant fall protection harnesses and safety gates available, but they may not keep your employees safe if they’re not used correctly. For the safety of your team, make sure everyone is familiar with the right – and wrong – ways to use your ...
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Keeping the Ladies Safe
In one of the worst work-related disasters in United States’ history, a fire accident in New York City which involved the Triangle Shirtwaist Company killed 146 out of 500 employees in 1911. The clothing factory workers were mainly young, female immigrants who worked long hours for low wages. These women died needlessly because the employer locked the doors to all the stairway ...
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NIOSH Publishes Draft CIB on Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials, Will Hold Public Meeting
On January 21, 2016, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the availability of a draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials. The draft Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) includes a review and assessment of the currently available scientific literature on the toxicological effects of exposure to ...
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What is the difference between a REL and a PEL?
There is often confusion between exposure limits put out by different agencies even within the same administration. For example, here the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) establishes Recommended Exposure Limits (RELs) whereas the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs). Realizing the difference between the two is ...
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Working at Height in Construction: Use Harnesses and Lanyards to Keep Employees Safe
Having the right safety precautions in place isn’t just good for your employees, it’s good for your business. Considering that the costs of non-compliance can sky-rocket (and quickly, to boot), being anything less than fastidious about safety can debilitate your otherwise reputable construction company. According to the latest data, about 10.3 million workers were employed in ...
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Ensure the Safety of your Workers During Confined Space Entry
Confined space entry is a specialized operation that requires exceptional attention to safety. This area has limited ways to get in and out, the air might be dangerous, and it’s not made for workers to stay there all the time. Confined space entry inherently unfurls a variety of safety risks. To enhance safety and reduce risks, it is important to: Implement a strong and clear safety ...
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Facility safety management - MC Technologies spurs innovation in hazardous chemical management
Hazard Controls for Chemical Use Just MSDSs Are Not Enough to Protect Workers More than 20 years after the Employee Right to Know Act gave new rights to employees who work in facilities that store hazardous chemicals, individuals in the workplace are still being critically injured, still being diagnosed with terminal illness, and still dying from exposure to hazardous chemicals. Though no major ...
By Incora
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