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Pacific Handy Cutter, based in Irvine, CA, has acquired Lewis Safety Knife Co., a safety knife manufacturer located in Jacksonville, OR. The acquisition “further solidifies PHC’s position as a market leader in the design, production and distribution of safety cutting products,” a press release from PHC says.

Romeoville, IL-based Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Co. LLC, a provider of personal protective equipment, has partnered with the Chicago Scholars college access, success and leadership development program for financially under-resourced youth from the Chicago area to establish The Rusty Cohen Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Ergodyne, a leading safety work gear manufacturer headquartered in St. Paul, MN, recently announced a partnership with Mips, a world-leading helmet safety technology company, to be among the first to integrate the Mips safety system into industrial safety helmets.

From 1992 to 2005, at least 154 workers were killed after a metal ladder they were using came in contact with an overhead power line, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data cited in a recent NIOSH review.

A delivery driver died when the truck-mounted forklift he was operating overturned on a city street.

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How can a facility plan ahead for extreme weather events to keep its safety showers and eyewash stations supplied and functional?

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G.C. Shah, CSP, shares how he got into the EHS field.