Product Focus

Safety training – it’s not just “a box to check.”

Protecting workers from respiratory hazards goes far beyond handing out masks, Stephanie Lynch says.

As with all personal protective equipment and clothing, “comfort is key” to ensuring workers wear it, said Kevin Barger, general manager of Twisted X Work.

Creation of an official standard on safety knives is a “major development in the safety knife industry,” Carl R. Cottrell II, vice president of sales and marketing at OLFA North America, recently said to Safety+Health.

Bootle, England — More than 75% of workers exposed to hazardous noise on the job lack essential knowledge about checking hearing protection for damage or reporting faulty equipment to their employers, a recent inspection campaign has revealed.

If you’re a safety professional looking to select hearing protection for workers, the same logic that applies to other personal protective equipment applies here: There’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach.

How can organizations verify that employees not only receive chemical safety information but truly understand and can act on it?