PPE: certify hazards, train workers
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Some companies have easily adapted to the revised standards on personal protective equipment (PPE) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration but others are encountering some difficulties. Choosing the right PPE is merely a small part of the task at hand. Compliance efforts also need teamwork, job safety analyses, and training. Companies which do not have the resources and personnel to implement changes are bound to face many impediments. The revised regulations are so extensive that time and resources are sometimes not enough to ensure compliance.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 1998
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Safety signs must change with the times
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Several companies have already begun adopting the American National Standard Institute's Z535 standard, which presents updated guidelines for safety signs, labels, symbols and colors. The standard was developed by an ANSI committee composed of 35 members from various sectors and contains sections touching on safety color codes, environmental and facility signs, safety symbol criteria, product safety signs and accident prevention tags.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 1992
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Certifying PPE ; bringing safety gear up to standard - here and abroad
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Discusses the role of the National Standards Institute and other associations in the certification of personal protective gear and the move towards global standardization of protective gear among countries.
Publication Name: Safety & Health
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0891-1797
Year: 2000
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