Typically, “one size fits all” is marketed as a benefit, a convenient, cost-effective option for both manufacturers and consumers. However, in the realm of safety equipment, this concept fails ...

If you want to get attention about hand safety, try showing a project crew what happens to a naked human hand when a knife slices through the palm, or a 4x4 comes crashing down on the bony back of the ...

Safety officers often talk about the importance of weather-specific PPE in summer, but proper PPE is just as important in the colder months. PPE is used by workers, craftsman and consumers to protect ...

Amanda Newsom's two decades of experience testing and certifying first responder PPE provides the platform for her stance that how firefighter turnout gear is built must evolve. Many of the PPE sizing ...

The ASSE comments are in response to OSHA's recent reopening of the rulemaking record on PPE employer requirements originally closed in 1999. OSHA asked for further comments on how to determine the ...