The Psychology Behind Effective Food Safety Culture

What’s the first thing you think of when you see a firefighter helmet? If your answer was hero, rescue, save, protect or first responder, you’d be in line with the majority of Americans. The…

Understanding The Differences Between Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antibacterial Hand Protection

ANTIMICROBIAL - ANTIVIRAL - ANTIBACTERIAL: What Does This All Mean for Hand Protection? by Anthony Di Giovanni, Vice President of Global Marketing Safety managers are demanding PPE tha…

Reusable vs. Disposable – Using The Right Garment For The Right Job

Disposable garments or reusable garments – which choice is right for you? There has always been back-and-forth about whether reusable or disposable garments are best for the workplace. Safety ma…

Top 3 Trending Safety Solutions in Construction

  According to OSHA, the continuously evolving construction industry accounts for one in five worker fatalities across all private industries. It is crucial to stay vigilant and take the best safety precautions available when facing the multiple hazards present on a construction job site. …

Heat Resistant Gloves Are A Hot Topic

Customers often ask us, “What do you mean by ‘light heat resistance’ with these gloves (or sleeves)?” Whether consciously or not – they are looking for some sort of assurance th…

What is Double Hearing Protection and When Would You Need It?

You might be asking yourself if double hearing protection is something you should be considering. In order to understand what double hearing protection is, let’s start by reviewing why it is nee…

6 Key Facts to Help Understand ARC Flash Risks

There are few things no utility worker wants to experience – ARC flash is one of them. The phenomenon is described as a sudden, bright, blinding light and heat that occurs because of a rapid relea…

3 Common Types of Cold Stress - And How You Can Prepare For Them

Whether we're ready or not, winter will be here before we know it. Now is the perfect time to start planning ahead to stay prepared. No matter what winter throws your way—whether it's blizzards, fr…

ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Classification For Impact Resistant Gloves Helps Decrease Back-Of-The-Hand Injuries

Impact protection has been a hot topic in the hand protection space all year due to the roll-out and adaptation of the new American National Standard for Performance and Classification for Impact-Resistant Gl…

10 Things To Consider When Selecting A Hard Hat

If the hard hat is comfortable for the worker, it is more likely to remain on the workers head. The seasoned worker who has been on the worksite longer is accustomed to wearing a hard hat for long du…

Disposable Gloves for Heavy-Duty Industrial Jobs?

Many current studies related to the global safety market will highlight how disposable gloves account for a growing share of glove consumption. One research document boldly professes that "disposable gl…

Noise Induced Hearing Loss Is 100% Preventable. With The Correct PPE.

It seems like every other article on hearing protection is talking about Noise Induced Hearing Loss. And for good reason; Noise Induced Hearing Loss, or NIHL as it’s commonly referred to, is a "s…

Protective Sleeve Buyers Guide

When it comes to arm protection, you don't have to settle for what's already out there. Each work environment, task and person provide a different set of variables that affect the type of protection re…

Cut Protection Fit for a Knight

Cut protection gloves have undergone a wide array of changes over the years. Original cut protection goes back centuries when metal armor and chainmail were used for protection. This was an effective to…