PPE protects you from hazards in your environment. Knowing the types of PPE available and how to use them properly can help you minimize your exposure to harm. Depending on your work situation, ...

Randy demonstrates how to use the PPE Category Method to select electrical PPE when the arc flash warning label is not on the equipment. In this EC&M Tech Talk, Randy Barnett, NFPA Certified ...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is there to keep us safe in hazardous environments. This doesn’t mean that it’s only for use around chemicals—the pandemic has shown us the benefits of even simple ...

The “clothes make the man” is a popular saying used by those in the corporate world, and no one knows this better than Engelbert Strauss. It’s a company that focuses on creating safety workwear that ...

Electricity is an indispensable commodity in our modern society. It powers industries, businesses, and homes. With a flick of a switch, customers expect electricity to come through. To achieve this, ...

What are the risks in reusing single-use PPE and how could this be done safely? It is an issue that engineers in the UK have been studying, as the second wave of COVID-19 infection looms, with ...

Last week, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a roadmap strategy to ease lockdown measures across the UK. This roadmap will be guided by data, not dates, but the Prime Minister did ...

You’re out for your daily walk. You see a face mask on the ground. Few want to touch what has shielded someone’s potentially virus-laden breath. So there it lies until it blows away—and that elemental ...

The use of PPE is often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by exposure to chemicals and other workplace hazards such as: biologicals, radiation, physical, electrical, ...