How to Extend the Life of Your Respirator Cartridges
People often ask how long a respirator cartridge lasts. The answer is significantly less if they are not properly cared for. I'll admit in the past I have not been...
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Fall Clearance for Construction Workers
Since OSHA now requires all construction workers to have fall protection when they are more than 6 ft. from the next work level, there is ongoing confusion about how to...
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The Three Most Important Mold Cleanup Safety Precautions
Mold doesn't need much to get started. Supplied with a little moisture and some warmth it's very hard to completely eradicate once it gets started. In situations where there are...
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How to Make Your Tyvek Suit Even Safer
Tyvek suits from DuPont provide an amazing degree of protection from the elements of your work site. Here are some tips to make them work even better for you. Whether...
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Protect Your Hearing this Summer with Pura-Fit 6800 Earplugs
Work sites are often noisy places. If you're looking for high-quality disposable hearing protection, you can be sure your team will be satisfied with the Pura-Fit 6800 Earplugs from Moldex....
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Why Your Employees Don't Wear Their Safety Glasses
We all know the best type of safety gear is the kind workers want to wear. There are piles of brightly colored vests and harnesses and hard plastic safety glasses...
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All Petzl Rope Access Equipment 20%
Through June 16th, 2013 all the Petzl equipment we sell on pksafety.com is 20% off. Find out more from our video. And see the president of our company rappelling down...
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What You Need To Protect Yourself from the Hantavirus
We've had several customers ask about protection from the Hantavirus. Infection with hantavirus comes from contact with infected rodents and can develop into Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), which can be...
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A Single-Gas Monitor Without a Two-Year Lifespan
Not everybody wants a two-year disposable single-gas monitor for hydrogen sulfide or carbon monoxide detection. Many of today's single gas monitors come with a fixed life span. This type of...
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CDC Provides Safety Equipment List for Tornado Clean-Up Crews
Tornadoes like the ones that ripped through Oklahoma this week leave clean-up crews with thousands of tons of building materials strewn across the landscape and the potential for respiratory and...
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MythBusters Use Fall Protection in Cliffhanger Reenactment
Of course we love the Discovery Channel show MythBusters. The experiments they attempt often involve doing dangerous things while wearing the proper safety equipment. Sure, sometimes things go wrong. Nobody...
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The Draeger X-dock - Calibration and Documentation Made Easy
Draeger has recently released their next generation bump test and calibration station - the X-dock. This new system provides function and bump testing, calibration, documentation, and reporting on a modular,...
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Stock Up on Sunscreen for Workers as Temperatures Rise
Spring has sprung in about two-thirds of the contiguous United States at this point. And while North Dakota and Montana are both shoveling snow and dreaming about a 45-degree day,...
