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Dawn: On March 1, 2005, ANSI Z41 was withdrawn and replaced by the new ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials) F2412-05. It will be very tough if not impossible to fined shoes marked with the AN…
Tagged: PPE
Replied Jan 11
There are companies out there that will provide you with a "virtual" fire to fight for your training. I don't know what the $ are for that, but you can find them on the web. It's really kind of neat,…
Tagged: extinguishers, fire
Replied Jan 8
I agree with Craig, it's much easier to enforce PPE and safety rules if you get the "buy-in" from the individual. I've found that it sometimes helped me get people to think a bit more about safety if…
Replied Jan 8
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The voluntary consensus standard, ANSI/ISEA 105 American National Standard for Hand Protection Selection Criteria is scheduled to be revised by the end of the year. As part of the development proces…
Started by Cristine Fargo Feb 6.
Is the Composite Toed shoes/boots acceptable when steel toed shoes/boots are required?
Tagged: PPE
Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by Omar Fundora Feb 4.
Here's my concern -> Aside from taking some samples over to a lab or buying something online to check it mysefl, I have a good, hard feeling that some employees are getting "upset" stomachs from…
Tagged: illness, coolers, water, bacteria
Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by John Richardson Feb 4.
Experiencing several minor eye injuries due to simply being on the jobsite (i.e., dust in eye). Is it unreasonable to have a policy that requires eye protection on jobsite at all time, regardless of…
Started by Jamey. Last reply by Rick Holm Feb 3.
What is the distance that has to be cleared in front of a fire extinguisher in a manufacturing facility? And it should be painted "striped yellow", correct?
Tagged: extinguishers, fire
Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by Kevin T. Salzman Feb 2.
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