Tower Climbing with Petzl
PETZL Professional safety gear is constantly in high demand. As a result, their equipment rarely goes on sale. For a limited time, save 25% on Petzl products from August 26th...
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What are the Best Work Harnesses for Women?
There are more women performing work that requires personal protective equipment (PPE) than ever before. A 1999 OSHA report stated that poorly fitting safety gear did not function properly nor...
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Which Gloves are Best in Confined Spaces?
Protecting your hands is critical when performing confined space work. But what is the best way to keep them from harm? Is there a possibility of contamination or chemical exposure...
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The Most Popular Personal 4-Gas Monitor
While we sell just about every bit of safety equipment under the sun nothing is more popular at PK Safety than our gas monitors. We've been selling gas monitors since...
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Have a Confined Space Rescue Plan - Most Folks Don't
Just after you have ordered your fall protection equipment (hopefully from pksafety.com) is the perfect time to update your rescue plan. What? You don’t have a rescue plan? Well, you...
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Fall Protection Inspection Checklist
Fall protection equipment needs to be regularly inspected by a Competent Person according the specifications set forth in the ANSI Z359 protection codes if you want your Z359-rated equipment to...
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Fit Testing Critical for Hospital Worker Protection
Protection from the Ebola virus continues to dominate the news. More agencies and individuals are discussing full-face and half-face respirators as solutions for care givers. But without proper fit testing,...
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Ebola Protection With PPE in Short Supply
We get so many questions these days about how best to protect families from Ebola. We all know even basic protective clothing is in short supply because of the worldwide...
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Respirator for Lead: Lead Dust Protective Gear for Fishermen Melting Lead
There are many types of fishermen out there. You've got your novice line-tanglers, commercial long liners, bass addicts, deep sea cigarette smokers, ticklers, ice fishermen, bow and arrow types. And...
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The Accidental Safety Expert
When I started writing for PK Safety Supply three years ago, it was primarily because I needed a job. The offices were also close to home, the folks seemed nice,...
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How To Safely Remove Contaminated PPE Clothing
In order to get out of your protective clothing without subjecting yourself to the materials you've been so careful to avoid, field decontamination procedures should be followed carefully. This process...
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Ebola Personal Protective Equipment Information
Fear of Ebola is spreading much faster than the actual virus. We've been inundated with questions over the past week about protective clothing. And since the internet is filled with...
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Oil Rig Hand Injuries
The bubbling crude needs more to get it out of the ground than a shotgun these days. (If you don't get this reference, you obviously didn't watch The Beverly Hillbillies...
