Posts Tagged ‘Protective Wear’

Wall charts are a great safety training tool

May 11, 2010

Excellent to use in group training sessions or to post around your facility, wall charts are effective and useful safety tools. Wall charts are sold in all sorts of sizes and materials, but a durable plastic wall chart is an economical choice in almost any application.

Consider using wall charts for the following workplace safety topics:

  • CPR: how do you perform it and what are the proper procedures
  • Confined Space Safety: steps you can take to ensure you are safe when working in confined spaces
  • Choking: what to do in a choking emergency
  • MSDS: information to help employees understand information on an MSDS sheet
  • Chemical Labels: explain what the designations on chemical labels mean and what safety precautions should be taken depending on the hazard level. Can also use a version that shows ratings for all chemicals.
  • Fire Evacuation: procedures to follow if a fire emergency were to occur. You can also post your evacuation plan with this wall chart.
  • Lock-Out, Tag-Out Safety: lock-out procedures and/or an explanation of various lock-out devices
  • Machine Hazards: Identify potential machine hazards in the workplace
  • Ergonomics: Show proper form for bending, lifting, etc. as well as stretches that can be used to avoid injury.
  • Protective Wear: Explain proper usage of personal protective equipment
  • Forklift Safety: Alert fork lift operators and other employees of potential of necessary procedures and potential hazards
  • Fall Protection: Educate employees on how to avoid falls when working or using certain equipment

Posted by got2 love safety

Safety Glasses- What color lens do I need?

March 11, 2010

With so many choices of safety glasses on the market, it can be very confusing finding exactly what lens color you need and want. As you may already know, there are many top brand manufacturers:  AO Safety, UVEX, Pyramex, Crews, Sperian, DeWalt, Harley Davidson, United, Jackson Safety etc. Emedco has a broad range of safety glasses and goggles to choose from.

To make things a bit easier by narrowing it down, here’s a quick reference guide for you:

  • Clear – great for indoors
  • Gray – outdoor applications; provides good color recognition
  • Gold, Blue and Silver mirror – outside where sunlight and glare cause eyestrain. “Mirror” coating reflects light
  • Brown – outside; meets color traffic signal recognition requirements
  • Dark Green – general purpose protection form glare and UV radiation

A good rule of thumb is to choose a lens based on color opposites. For example, blue is opposite of yellow and red is opposite of green. So, red lenses absorb green light and yellow lenses absorb blue/ultraviolet light and vice versa.

Of course, then you have the following coatings:

  • Anti-fog - provide excellent fog prevention in high humidity environments where sudden shifts in temperature occur
  • Anti-Scratch- extend lens life
  • Anti static- reduce dust and particle attraction
  • Hard coatings-permanently bonded to extend lens life (offered by Crews and Uvex).

So be stylish and protect your peepers! Make Emedco your One-Stop Protective Wear Source- Top Brands, Huge Selection, fast shipping.  

Your Way, Today, Guaranteed!

Submitted by: Donna Kolody/Emedco


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