Product Focus

Polymer safety barrier 

Capable of stopping impacts at levels equivalent to its steel counterparts, the GuardRite Polymer Safety Barrier is made from scratch-resistant, impact-modified polypropylene. It bends and absorbs collisions – then returns to its original shape – with little or no damage to floors, material handling equipment or the barriers themselves.

Glove coating

The VersaTek Adaptive Palm Coating can adapt to amplify a worker’s grip when working in wet, dry, slick, abrasive or oily conditions. This allows workers to maintain natural hand movements and precision when handling small parts while also ensuring comfort and flexibility.

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In new video, workers with hearing loss promote protection

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Trends in … ladders and lifts

March is National Ladder Safety Month. What, at the core, is ladder safety? “Ladder safety is based on selecting the correct ladder for the job and using it as instructed by the on-product labels,” said Mike Van Bree, vice president of the Chicago-based American Ladder Institute and director of product safety and engineering at Louisville Ladder in Louisville, KY.

Trends in … workplace lighting

“Light is what makes just about every other tool and process work to its maximum potential,” says Scott Field, director of industrial/public safety sales at Coast Products in Portland, OR. “Safety measures, protocols and equipment are well-defined in the workplace context because regulatory standards demand this.

Scissor lift

The PS-1930 is a self-propelled electric scissor lift with a platform height of 19 feet and a working height of 25 feet. It fits through standard doors without needing fold-down rails, and is lightweight and compact enough to fit in standard elevators.

Intrinsically safe LED headlamp

The HZ025 I-Safe Headlamp features six beam options for maximum versatility in Class I, 
Div. 1 hazardous environments. Users can toggle through spot beam, red beam, high and low flood beams, and high and low spot and flood beams.
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Headlamp line

The ARIA headlamp line features a range of 350-600 lumens, and includes industrial models with white lighting and tactical models with white, red, green and blue lighting options.

Scaffold

The Werner Multi-Purpose Pro Scaffold features innovative QuickLink technology that allows users to easily connect and stack multiple scaffolds together for a larger workspace.

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