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Understanding High-Visibility Requirements
Most people have heard the expression: “dress for success”. Here, at PK Safety, we like to dress to stay safe. It’s critical that workers can be seen when working in road construction sites and...
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What Size Ventilation Unit is Needed for My Confined Space?
Ventilation is one of the central pillars of confined space safety. Fumes, vapors, and volatile organic compounds accumulate and create an atmosphere that is not conducive to breathing. And I think we...
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OSHA Improves Chemical Labeling Requirements
Let’s face it, people don’t read so much anymore. That’s why OSHA has decided to put more pictorgrams and fewer blocks of tiny, difficult-to-read text in their new Safety Data Sheets (SDS). SDS will...
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OSHA Update: Fine Increases in 2016
For the first time in 25 years, OSHA will be increasing its penalties. This change is a catch-up adjustment since it has been so many years since the organization has increased fines. Violation fees...
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Heat Stress Prevention: Keep Cool & Stay Safe
Working in the heat, especially during Summer months, can lead to illness or even death. Common reactions are heat exhaustion, heat stroke, heat cramps and heat rash — all of which can be avoided...
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Delta’s Comfortable New Positioning Harnesses
Harnesses are part of the program to provide fall safety while working at height. That’s their number one job. But comfort has to be up there in the list of requirements especially for folks who wear...
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OSHA: the New Construction Rule and the General Confined Space Rule
By Mario Mendoza, Regional Sales Manager, Allegro Industries On May 4, 2015, OSHA issued a new standard for construction work in confined space. There are five key differences from the Construction...
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Top 5 Tips on How to Avoid OSHA HCS Violation Penalties
The OSHA Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) 1910.1200 is important because it prevents over 500 workplace injuries and about 43 deaths across the USA annually. Revised in 2012, it covers 43 million...
View ArticleAll You Need to Know About The Walking-Working Surfaces And Personal Fall...
The purpose of the OSHA’s final rule is to revise the outdated general industry Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems) Standards on the slip, trip, and...
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Need To Know About New OSHA Silica Dust Rules and Regulations?
The U.S. Department of Labor first emphasized the life-threatening hazards of respirable crystalline silica in the 1930s. Today, according to OSHA, approximately 2.3 million Americans are exposed to...
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