S+H Staff

Protective Industrial Products Inc., a Latham, NY-based manufacturer of hand protection and personal protective equipment for the industrial, construction, mining and retail markets, has acquired Industrial Starter S.p.A., headquartered in Vicenza, Italy.

Indianapolis-based DQE has launched a website focused on heat stress safety. The focus on heat illness prevention aligns with DQE’s mission of providing practical products that benefit theesafety and health of its customers.

Guardian, based in Pasadena, TX, recently introduced a state-of-the-art 360-Degree Height Safety website at guardianfall.com. From the unique navigational tools to the robust, futureproof content management system, the new website is a trusted source of information for products, planning and implementation to make safety as simple as possible for workers at height.

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What are the differences between OSHA and ANSI safety sign standards?

Jobs that require frequent standing can lead to a number of health-related problems, including sore feet, leg swelling, muscle fatigue, low back pain, and stiffness in the neck and shoulders.

When a facility has multiple areas where combustible dusts are present, are central vacuum cleaning systems the only option?

Workplace violence led to nearly 18,000 deaths over a recent 27-year period, according to a recently published report from NIOSH and two other federal agencies.

Used in the plastics industry, thermoplastic injection molding machines “produce molded plastic parts by converting plastic pellets into molten material, injecting the molten plastic into a mold and cooling the plastic material,” OSHA says. Industries that use these machines include toy, medical device and beverage container manufacturers.

Need another reason to kick your smoking habit? Continuing to light up can thicken your heart and make it weaker over time, say Danish researchers.