personal protective equipment
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Incorporating technology with items worn on the person, intelligent systems become a part of everyday personal protective equipment, enhancing safety without disrupting operations.
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As industries, including the oil and gas industry, strive to enhance worker safety, more advanced and protective modern head protection, safety helmets, are replacing traditional hard hats.
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OSHA issued citations to oil and gas waste-management company Production Waste Solutions for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died.
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The British Safety Industry Federation found that 85% of safety products it tested between December 2021 and December 2022 failed to meet its regulatory criteria.
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A new survey has revealed a lack of training and awareness around head injuries and their possible causes. Head injury expert Chris Tidy explains why the construction industry needs to understand the risks.
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Wearable technology will help drive personal protective equipment growth as the MENA region strives for safer workplaces.
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A solar-powered cooled hard hat can reduce the skin temperature of workers by up to 10°C. They will first be issued to workers on construction sites for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar this summer. A solar panel embedded in the top of the helmet powers a fan that draws in hot air, which is cooled by phase change materials and filtered onto the worker's head. Including a…