RKI Instruments Names PK Safety #1 Distributor — Again
PK Safety has once again been named the #1 distributor for RKI Instruments. Our team was honored at an appreciation dinner on September 2, 2026, joined by RKI Instruments CEO...
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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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OSHA Compliance for Residential Roofing and Construction
OSHA changed the rules for residential construction workers on March 15th, 2013. No longer will they be issuing reduced fines, helpful hints, and consultations on compliance with the fall protection...
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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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The Best Hard Hat for Warm Weather
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is seldom comfortable. Typically workers would rather not be bothered. That's one reason OSHA mandates compliance for certain workers. At height workers require not only fall...
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Continuous Gas Monitoring: Using a Gas Monitor in Continuous Operation Mode
Some jobs require continuous gas monitoring of a space over time. Monitors like the Eagle 2 from RKI Instruments are designed to be used in this way, they are not...
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What is the Best Protection From Lead Dust?
A customer recently wrote to us asking about protection from lead dust. Here is his question, and our response: I have been melting lead wheel weights as well as other...
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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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Waste Collection Workers High Risk of Injury
Waste collection has always been a more injury-prone occupation than most. In both fatal and non-fatal accident categories, refuse collectors are at high risk. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Draeger Tubes - The Colors of Safety
Colorimetric tubes are used to analyze a wide range of gases. This isn't new technology. Draeger made their first tubes in 1937. And while there certainly have been improvements and...
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How Often Does My SRL Need To Be Inspected?
With recent changes to the ANSI fall safety standards regarding inspection of SRLs (self-retracting lifelines) utilities, oil & gas companies, petrochemical, and other site management teams are trying to determine...
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Wireless Gas Detection for First Responders and PRCS Entry
Safety professionals gain a greater degree of understanding and control over work or emergency environments containing dangerous atmospheres with a wirelessly broadcasting personal gas monitoring system. The biggest improvement with...
