Hats, gloves, fall arrest systems, boots. The wide world of personal protective equipment (PPE) could be intimidating to safety managers when a tight budget and limited resources come into play. When ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the last line of defense against chemical and physical workplace hazards. Providing PPE to your staff isn’t enough. Workers need to know how to property fit, ...

It is important for everyone on the job site to understand the importance of PPE, how to check for damage and ensure proper fit. While personal protective equipment is the last line of defense against ...

Each year as a wave of new electrical apprentices enters the electrical industry, instructors and supervisors drive home the importance of wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE) on the job ...

Despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), reports show that many health care workers contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which raises substantial concerns about the ...

Buying safety equipment and getting workers to use it are two entirely different things. Anecdotally, almost every safety professional I’ve spoken to finds it much easier to go shopping for the latest ...

Dressing in specialized chemical protective clothing (CPC) is a serious business. We are firm believers that this decision shouldn’t be taken lightly. So, through training, we address the issues that ...

The subject of personal protective equipment (PPE) has become a contentious one, with many healthcare professionals complaining that they do not have access to enough of the safety gear. It is not ...

Health care workers carry a significant burden of coronavirus infections worldwide, but a new evidence review shows the rate can be lowered with the use of personal protective equipment combined with ...

New research investigates the causes of seafaring injuries and accidents and finds that injury reduction campaigns focused on personal protective equipment (PPE) would be most effective at reducing ...

The use of PPE is often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by exposure to chemicals and other workplace hazards such as: biologicals, radiation, physical, electrical, ...

Keene State College strives to engineer out potential hazards, so as to minimize worker exposures. However, in reality, not all hazards can be abated entirely. As a last line of defense, Keene State ...