Archive: May 2009

The louder and longer your noise exposure, whether at work, at home, or during recreation, the more likely your hearing will be damaged. If you want to have a sense of “how loud is loud,” the following examples, along with their decibel rating, will give you an idea:

Sudden cardiac arrest kills 365,000 people a year in the US alone, which equates to one person dying every two minutes. This is more yearly deaths than breast cancer, lung cancer, and AIDS combined.

Your half-mask air-purifying respirator provides protection against breathing of airborne contaminants. The following is a list of general rules to help you care for and maintain your respirator.

Now, through the end of May Conney is giving away a free 7-gallon Gatorade cooler with any purchase of 4 cases or more of Gatorade liquid concentrate or 6 gallon Gatorade powder packs.

Tethering Tools not only prevents injuries, but also reduces the risk of damage to property or process equipment as well. Even simple hand tools can be significantly damaged when dropped on concrete from high elevations.

In the event of a fire, the correct use of a portable fire extinguisher could mean the difference between suffering a minor loss or a major one.

Did you know that every day, about 2,000 U.S. workers have job-related eye injuries requiring medical treatment? One-third of those injuries require emergency hospital treatment, and more than 100 result in one or more days of lost work.