Fendall 2000™ Heated Accessory Delivers the First Tepid Sterile Solution in Extreme Cold Environments 2011-05-16 SMITHFIELD, R.I. — May 16, 2011 — Honeywell Safety Products (HSP), a global leader in personal protective equipment (PPE), today introduced the industry’s first heated sterile eyewash station. The Fendall 2000™ Heated Accessory offers an innovative solution to the challenges presented … Continue reading
With recent focus upon fall protection, violations, and injury or death resulting from negligence with regard to taking appropriate safety measures and implementing a fall protection program, here are some quick links you can follow to your provincial or territorial regulations for fall protection. A fairly new website focusing upon fall protection, with a geographic … Continue reading
from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter™ By Bruce Rolfsen Problems related to employees falling off scaffolds, roofs, ladders, and other high places were the top violations cited in fiscal 2011, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Federal OSHA inspectors discovered about 17,200 violations of OSHA standards protecting workers from falls, the agency data requested … Continue reading
The results suggest that by maintaining good physical fitness, men who engage in heavy labor can avoid increased risk, and possibly even lower their risk of death from heart disease. High physical work demands are linked to an increased risk of death from ischemic heart disease (IHD)—but only for men who aren’t physically fit, reports … Continue reading
Our Training Partner’s Construction Safety Officer (CSO) Training program is recognized by the Applied Science Technicians and Technologist of BC (ASTTBC) and course participants are encouraged to register with ASTTBC upon completion of the course. Total Hours: 50 hrs (35 hrs in class and approximately 10 hrs of home study time) Total Weeks: 1 week … Continue reading
Your workplace hazard management tool CCOHS’s exclusive workplace hazard management documents – OSH Essentials™ – provides you with practical information and tools to help recognize, assess, control and evaluate hazards in your workplace. Documents include checklists and guides you can use to review workplace activities, identify potential hazards, learn relevant legislation by key sections, and select from … Continue reading
By: The Canadian Press NOVEMBER 4, 2011 2011-11-04 VICTORIA (The Canadian Press) Stressed-out employees in British Columbia will soon be eligible to receive expanded workers’ compensation benefits. Labour Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said Thursday the Liberal government is amending the Workers’ Compensation Act to broaden mental stress benefits for workers beyond the current ”acute reaction to … Continue reading
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Contact: FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC, 106-8615 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. V2P 4P3 Canada | Tel: + 1604.701.0261 | Fax: +1 604.701.0262 | Email: safety@fmiosa.com | www.fmiosa.com Pacific Environmental Consulting (PEC), a leading environmental health and safety consulting company with six offices across BC, has become the main sponsor of the CEO Leading Performance Health … Continue reading
Ontario will focus on personal protective equipment during an enforcement blitz at workplaces across Ontario. In October, Ministry of Labour inspectors will check on head, eye, foot, respiratory and other protection worn or used by workers at industrial and health care workplaces. They will check that the equipment is: the appropriate choice for protection used … Continue reading
Four Technologies boost safety eyewear benefits Today’s workplace hazards are more diverse and complex than ever, and safety eyewear has to live up to these increasing challenges to keep workers safe. Through ongoing research and by adapting technologies from other industries, safety eyewear manufacturers are developing new ways to protect workers in every application. This […] Continue reading
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Expanding the culture of safety beyond the workplace The proper use of safety eyewear has significantly reduced the number of eye injuries in the workplace over the last 20 years. Today, workplace eye injuries average just under 800,000 per year, and that number continues to drop. This success is due to a number of factors […] Continue reading
A radiation burn from a welding torch, a puncture wound from a faulty nail gun, a blast of compressed air on the eye — these are just a few reasons why safety eyewear is so important in the American workplace. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that 2,000 Americans suffer from an … Continue reading