S+H Staff

The North Compact Air Series 200 Powered Air-Purifying Respirator’s triple alarm system creates an audible, vibratory and visual alarm to warn workers about battery life and/or a filter clog. The vibratory alarm can be felt even through welding jackets. The PAPR is lightweight for improved comfort and longer wear.

How does temperature affect the service life of an air-purifying respirator’s chemical cartridges?

Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a study that would help develop a system to update commercial motor vehicle crash records to reflect determination of fault in a crash.

This Learning and Safety Management System helps companies reduce incidents and improve productivity by creating learning moments from real-world operations. The LSMS auto-populates information from real-world incidents and near misses into “in-the-moment” newsflashes and can be incorporated directly into training sessions.

How can I create a balanced safety incentive program?

Tallahassee, FL – Pedestrians 75 and older are twice as likely as any other age groups to be hit by a motor vehicle backing up in a parking lot, according to a study from Florida State University.

In addition to industry-specific technical knowledge, what other knowledge or skills are important for safety professionals to have?

“Generally to be forever on the alert to enthuse Safety Committees in their work; to find ways and means of making everybody from Manager to Office Boy a booster for Safety.”

Washington – Devices that notify parents if they forget a child in their parked motor vehicle are “inconsistent and unreliable” as standalone heatstroke preventions, according to a study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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