Hearing Protection

Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention – Disturbing Facts & How to Protect Your Employees

Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention When thinking about workplace safety most people start by looking at things like fall prevention, hand protection, and other hazards that can cause immediate or severe injury. One of the most common safety concerns in the workplace, however, often gets ignored. This is the risk of hearing loss, which impacts about 22 million people every year. This fact, and most of the…

Tony Ferraro | December 18, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Hearing Loss, Hearing Protection, PPE, Safety, Workplace Safety

Hearing Protection in the Workplace

Hearing loss is one of the most common, but least talked about hazards in the workplace. With up to 60% of people being affected by some level of hearing loss due to their jobs, this is not a problem that employers should be ignoring. The fact that protecting employees from hearing loss is so simple should help to encourage employers to take the necessary steps to help…

Tony Ferraro | April 8, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Hearing Protection

Protect your Hearing: Earplug Safety

One very important piece of PPE that is often overlooked is earplugs. Earplugs are a must within many industrial work environments and can often be found in various locations throughout the work facility. It is important to note that while certain noise levels in one area of a facility may be low, the noise levels in another area may be so loud that even entering the area…

Tony Ferraro | August 8, 2013 | Safety Products | Earplugs, Hearing Protection, PPE, Safety, Workplace Safety

Personal Protective Wear

Many people work in industrial environments that may pose safety or health hazards that cannot be fully eliminated, when this is the case personal protective wear is often utilized for further protection. Personal protective wear is also known as personal protective equipment or simply PPE. There is a wide variety of different PPE equipment options based on specific hazards. PPE is all different but is essentially designed…

Mike Wilson | April 24, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Eye Protection, Fall Protection, Foot Protection, Hearing Protection, OSHA, PPE, Safety