Safety first! When on the job, it benefits everybody to put employee safety before everything else. A fall protection system is essential for those who work any job at a height over six feet above the ground. This will protect employees and comply with OSHA regulations. Whether your industry is shipping, construction, or warehouse labor, [...]
It's no secret that fall protection equipment has come a long way to adapt to the ever-changing workplace. Safety equipment and the implementation of new guidelines and regulations have had an immense impact on workplace injuries. In fact, injuries and illnesses of workers in 2011 were 3.4 incidents per 100 workers, compared to 10.9 incidents [...]
CERTEX, USA has been manufacturing synthetic web slings for over 30 years, so our team understands what high standards mean when it comes to the manufacturing of round slings and other lifting products. We manufacture our web slings with the highest quality nylon or polyester materials, so that our slings offer outstanding strength with excellent [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) uses a three step process to save lives on the job: plan, provide, and train. Fall protection certifications are extremely important within various industries. If you’re overseeing any job that involves heights, fall protection equipment, and other general construction tasks, it’s essential that you enroll in a legitimate [...]
The British regulations for the proper use and inspection of lifting gear may not apply here in the colonies, but they can be helpful to get another perspective on workplace safety. While the fundamental principles remain the same, here are the basics of British lifting gear safety practices. Lifting products include any equipment used at [...]
If you're beginning a career as a construction worker, it's important to fully understand the potential risks. Most construction workers take pride in being tough, but it's not just your safety at risk. You also have a responsibility to keep your coworkers safe on the job. There are plenty of jobs out there that are [...]
While it might not seem like material handling requires much dangerous work, that's a dangerous assumption. Especially when workers are handling extremely heavy materials like lumber or working with equipment like cranes, forklifts, and conveyors, workplace accidents can easily happen. Even fully trained and certified workers can be injured on the job, but workers who [...]
Without any fall arrest or safety equipment, a person can easily fall upwards of seven feet in two-thirds of a second. There's just about nothing you can do in that amount of time to stop someone from falling, which means that safety equipment is absolutely crucial to have on at all times when working in [...]
Shackles and other lifting gear have been used in our industry for many years. And although worker injuries and illnesses have recently decreased -- in 1972, there were 10.9 incidents for every 100 workers, in 2011, there were 3.4 for every 100 -- that doesn't mean that regulations are always followed. Because lifting equipment like [...]
Moving construction materials is one of the first steps of any major construction process, aside from planning of course. It's a necessary part of every project. Cranes, derricks, hoists, powered industrial trucks, and conveyors are all used for material handling and are operated by virtually all employees. Cranes, derricks, and hoists all rely on web [...]