OSHA Safety Equipment Education Blog

May 5, 2023

Personal Protective Equipment - 4 Ways It's Improved
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is safety gear that is designed to protect an individual from dangers to their health and safety. PPE has become increasingly important over the years as insurance costs continue to rise in the industrial and construction industries. The better PPE is at reducing injuries, the lower the costs.
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April 14, 2023

Why Use a PAPR Respirator System?

Pureflo PAPR respirator systems are highly effective respiratory protective systems designed to provide maximum respiratory protection to workers in high-risk environments such as manufacturing, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. They are equipped with HEPA filters that can capture up to 99.97% of airborne particles, including dust, fumes, mists, aerosols, and other harmful contaminants.

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December 16, 2022

What Is A Confined Space?
The term "confined space" has become a catch-all phrase with a lot of misconceptions around its definition. We want to clear those misconceptions up and bring some clarity to your understanding of what a "confined space" is.
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October 21, 2022

Fall Protection Rescue Plan
The need for a fall protection rescue plan is an often overlooked aspect of fall protection safety. When working from height, or even in a confined space, a rescue plan is required by OSHA. Falls happen and winches can fail. What is your rescue plan if this happens?
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September 30, 2022

Auto Zero Function on Gas Monitors - What Does It Do?
Confined space gas detectors all have the ability to perform an auto zero function on their sensors. What does an auto zero do exactly? Is an auto zero actually needed? Should you auto zero your sensors before each use?
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September 30, 2022

Do You Need Hip D-Rings on Your Fall Protection Harness?
Hip D-Rings, also known as "Side D-Rings" or "Positioning D-Rings" are usually an option on most fall protection safety harnesses. If you've ever purchased a fall protection safety harness, you most likely had to decide if you should purchase a harness with side D-rings.
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February 11, 2025

Certified vs. Non-Certified Fall Protection Anchor Points
One of our vendors, Frenchcreek, often asks at its fall protection training sessions: "what's the difference between a certified and a non-certified fall protection anchor point?" Even amongst experienced safety professionals, the question is often met with silence.
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September 16, 2022

How To Clean and Disinfect a Portable Gas Monitor
Like any other piece of equipment exposed to contaminates and unclean environments, gas detectors need to be cleaned and disinfected. This is especially true when handing off the meter to others for bump testing, calibration, shipping, etc.
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September 30, 2022

How To Prevent Suspension Trauma In A Fall
What happens when a fall occurs? The worker may be have been saved from the fall, but now he or she is suspended in a harness. Depending on how long it takes to rescue the person, this could very well be fatal.
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September 30, 2022

Major Safety Is the Solution to Your Amazon Problem
So you bought a gas monitor on Amazon and now you need help? We hear this all the time: "I purchased a gas monitor on Amazon. Now it is messing up and I need to get some support. I can't send it back to Amazon. They can't help me." Or, just as common: "I just bought this monitor from Amazon and it is already alerting me that a calibration is due".
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September 30, 2022

Don't Forget - Calibrate Your Gas Monitors
The inconvenient truth about gas monitors is that they need to be regularly calibrated. It is simply impossible to know/confirm if a monitor is detecting properly without a calibration. Do I really need to calibrate?
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September 30, 2022

Two New All-In-One Confined Space Kits
In an effort to continue to provide quality and proven equipment to our customers, we've made available two new complete confined space entry kits. Read on to learn more about our new kits.
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