Reduce Waste with Reusable Respiratory PPE As more and more leadership teams seek sustainability, most managers are looking for new ways to reduce waste. When it comes to purchasing industrial PPE, safety managers are mostly concerned with factors such as cost, effectiveness, and fit testing. For construction sites and manufacturing facilities...

    PAPR Pre-Filter After 6 Hours of Fiberglass Insulation Project Filters this discolored and filled with tiny fibers after just 6 hours of insulating a house makes us consider what gets into a construction worker's lungs over the course of a career without proper respiratory protection. Like these pre-filter...

National Safety Apparel has partnered with W.L. Gore & Associates to bring a comfort revolution to arc flash protection for utility workers. Comfort and freedom of movement are maximized with the ArcGuard Performance ergonomic design, complemented by the newest GORE PYRAD technology and comfort science. ArcGuard performance is 20% lighter, 48% thinner and 39% more flexible....

New from RPB®: HX5™ PAPR provides a lower cost alternative for APF 1000 OV/AG and Multi-Gas protection for PX5® PAPR PAPR Backpack Harness and PAPR Covers are now available   HX5 PAPR vs. PX5 PAPR Comparison RPB's new HX5 PAPR provides NIOSH approved APF 1000 loose fit respiratory protection at...

A Michigan State Police trooper was possibly exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop search near Detroit. The trooper and his partner were conducting a search on a potential narcotics suspect and his vehicle when "the trooper began to feel lightheaded, nauseous and had an unsteady balance." Luckily, Narcan was...

Qualified vs. Competent Employee According to the Society for Human Resources Management, it is "the employer’s responsibility to assign certain job roles to employees who fit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definitions of “competent,” “qualified,” “authorized” or “certified.” Who is a qualified person? OSHA 1926.32 definition (m) - "Qualified" means...