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Industrial Scientific Announces Product Recall of GasBadge® Plus Single-Gas Monitors
 

Industrial Scientific Corporation has determined that the GasBadge® Plus single-gas instrument may not properly indicate a low battery condition resulting in a failure to alarm or instrument shut down. As a result, for safety reasons, Industrial Scientific is issuing a recall of all current GasBadge Plus instruments (v2.2 and earlier; manufactured prior to February 2012). For more information, visit www.indsci.com/gbplusrecall

 
 
 

NIOSH and OSHA is pleased to announce the release of a new Nail Gun Safety: A Guide for Construction Contractors.
  While nail guns may boost productivity, they also cause tens of thousands of painful injuries each year. This new publication is intended to provide a resource for residential homebuilders and construction contractors, subcontractors, supervisors, and workers to prevent these kinds of injuries. This is one of several NIOSH/OSHA collaborative publications. <MORE>

 
 
 

MSA Safety Works
  Established in 1914, MSA is a leading manufacturer of safety products designed to protect people throughout the world. Many MSA products, while simple to use and maintain, are sophisticated in design in that they typically integrate any combination of electronics, mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against hazardous or life-threatening situations. <MORE>
 
 

Gas Calibration Company Moves Forward in a Revolutionary Way.
  Founded in 1996, Gasco Affiliates, LLC is a provider of precision calibration gas, equipment and accessories. The company employs proprietary procedures to create the highest quality grade of pure gases, gas mixtures-single gas, complex four-gas and highly reactive gas mixtures-cylinders and accessories for a wide range of applications.

Their latest innovation includes the 44L Cylinder with refillable option. The new cylinder holds 29% more than the industry standard 34 liter cylinder, but it has the same footprint as the traditional 34 liter cylinder. This is made possible through special cylinder construction. The gas is held at 825 psi rather than 500 psi in the standard 34 liter cylinder.

Gasco products meet or exceed all safety equipment industry specifications and are available exclusively through safety distributors worldwide.

Gasco has just expanded their plant in Florida by 4100 sq ft. The air conditioned space houses their new quality and shipping departments. Customized labels with an average turn around of 3 day on all mixes are available.

For more information visit gascogas.com
 
 

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The U.S. EPA has released interim guidance that would provide greater transparency in the agency’s chemical safety inspections process
  The U.S. EPA has released interim guidance that would provide greater transparency in the agency’s chemical safety inspections process. Under the interim guidance, EPA inspectors will offer employees and employee representatives the opportunity to participate in chemical safety inspections. In addition, EPA will request that state and local agencies adopt similar procedures under the Risk Management Program. EPA believes that close involvement of employees and employee representatives in inspections is effective and better protects workers and the adjacent communities. 

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The OSHA has announced the opening of several new area offices.
Phoenix, AZ; new area director will be Yvonne Gonzalez, a safety engineer with a degree in chemical engineering. She has more than 11 years of safety and health experience and has worked in OSHA’s Parsippany, N.J., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., area offices. Prior to her selection, Gonzalez was the assistant area director in Wilkes-Barre
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OSHA warns employers along the Gulf Coast against withholding of HAZWOPER certificates

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has received numerous complaints from workers taking part in the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup whose employers are refusing to provide them with a certificate following their completion of training under the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, or HAZWOPER, standard. OSHA interprets the standard as prohibiting covered employers from withholding written certificates from workers who have successfully completed such training. 

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OSHA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the revised regulation covering the agency's On-Site Consultation Program
OSHA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking a revise regulations covering the agency’s On-site Consultation Program. The changes will provide the agency greater flexibility for inspecting worksites that are undergoing an on-site consultation visit and those that are granted Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status, as well as ensure enhanced worker safety. 

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