In This Issue

Got it Covered (Kimberly-Clark Professional)

 

3M: Future of Personal Protective Equipment in Oil and Gas

 

3M is passionate about protecting the health and safety of workers in all types of industries and workforce environments especially the workforce in the oil and gas industry because of the high hazardous environment. 

Free Seminars from the British Safety Council at Health & Safety North in October (3M and DuPont) 

 

Global Outreach: ASSE Meets With COSHA in China

An ASSE delegation including 2014-15 President Trish Ennis, CSP, ARM, met with representatives from the China Occupational Safety and Health Association (COSHA) in Beijing, China, on Sept. 22, 2014, to discuss concrete steps for future cooperation between the two organizations in areas such as training and joint conferences.  

 

Recently, a new standard was published that gives guidelines for when, where and what eye-protection strategies can be put in place to help reduce eye injuries. The latest update of AS/NZS 1336 Eye and Face Protection - Guidelines 5 supersedes AS/NZS 1336: 1997 Recommended practices for eye protection. The title change is indicative of a broader perspective, providing guidelines for a wider range of hazards and environments. 

The Role of Real-Time Detection in Industrial Hygiene (New Zealand)

 

Having spent nearly 30 years in the business of gas detection and working closely with the industrial hygiene community for most of that time, Dave Wagner has recently written an article on the role of today's industrial hygienists and the importance that real-time detection systems, such as gas and vapour detection systems play in their daily lives.  

ProMedica ENT Specialist Creates Noise Apps

 

NoiseMonitor allows patients to check their decibel exposure at work and home, in the car, and anywhere else they may go throughout the day.  

Please feel free to send me any pertinent information you would like to share in the MID, such as company events and important announcements. Be sure to let me know if you have any feedback via email: Lbaugh@safetyequipment.org.

Sincerely,
Lydia Baugh

Communications Director/ MID Editor

International Safety Equipment Association