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Chemical factors in the work environment and occupational safety and health
In the work environment, the presence of chemical factors can pose a risk to health and safety. It is essential to properly manage these hazards, from the classification of substances, through safe storage, to training employees and using personal protective equipment. In this article, we will focus on occupational health and safety practices concerning chemical factors, presenting the necessary steps to ensure safety at the workplace. Check it out!
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Disposable gloves - when do we put them on and what are they used for?
Nitrile, latex, or maybe vinyl? Black, white or pink? Which protective gloves should you choose? We present a short guide in which you will learn not only the most popular types of gloves, but also whether color matters and how to identify which gloves protect against chemicals and which against heat? All the information is below! Check it out!
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Respiratory protection equipment
Masks at work, equipped with filters and canisters, are essential to protect the respiratory tract and lungs. We have prepared a comprehensive guide, in which we suggest when to protect the respiratory tract at work and how to divide respiratory protection equipment. In addition, we explain the most important abbreviations and check how to choose a filter and a canister. We encourage you to read it!
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Anti-smog and anti-dust masks - how to choose a mask for yourself?
Is polluted air contributing to your reduced comfort at work? Do you want to protect your lungs from the negative effects of smog and exhaust fumes? Whatever your situation, protecting your respiratory tract should be your top priority. This is where specialized anti-smog and anti-dust masks come to the rescue. For maximum protection, however, it is worth remembering to choose them properly. What kind of mask should you choose for yourself then?
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When do we use personal protective equipment?
The safe performance of any labor activity depends on the application of key regulations and rules that have been imposed by the employer and applicable law. These may concern, for example, personal protective equipment, which should be used by every employee.
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Types of safety glasses
As one of the most sensitive parts of the human body, the eyes of industrial workers are exposed every day to a high risk of damage and irritation. It is not without reason that one of the basic elements of protective clothing in really many work environments are safety glasses, which are designed to protect the eyes from harmful agents while providing adequate visual comfort. However, due to the variety of hazards present in workplaces, it is impossible to create one-size-fits-all resistant safety glasses, which is why manufacturers divide the offered products both in terms of design differences and resistance to individual factors. What types of safety glasses can be found in health and safety stores?
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Reflectors - where are warning vests necessary?
Reflective and warning vests are indispensable equipment not only for road service workers, but also for many professions in which making sure an employee is well visible is a chance to guarantee an adequate level of safety. Made of fluorescent-colored materials, vests, overalls and jackets are often the only way to reduce the risk of accidents in places where pedestrian traffic is combined with vehicle traffic, so also in warehouses, construction sites or large industrial plants. Where are reflective warning vests necessary and who, according to the law, must use them compulsorily?
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Bestsellers at Gabi health and safety center - June 2019
Buying protective clothing and essential health and safety accessories is quite a difficult choice these days, mainly due to the variety that manufacturers offer. At Gabi's H&S store, we carry many high-quality personal protective equipment mandatory when working in a variety of environments, and while we are often asked for help in choosing better ones, the decision is often based on price or what others recommend. That's why we've created a Bestsellers of the Month tab on our home page, so everyone can see which accessories are gaining the most interest among our customers. Here are the top 5 bestsellers at Gabi health and safety center for June 2019.
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Colors of construction helmets - what is their significance?
Protective helmets are a mandatory item of equipment and clothing on a construction site, not only for every worker, but also for managers, inspectors, engineers, health and safety workers, surveyors, architects, as well as all visitors and apprentices who are within the scope of the work in progress. Their use is one of the main elements of protection against head injuries, but this is not the only role that helmets play on construction sites. Due to the necessity of their use by virtually everyone on the construction site, the color matching of helmets to specific roles and positions is the only way to effectively and quickly distinguish blue-collar workers from visitors, managers or electricians. What is the significance of the different colors of construction helmets?
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Working in a contaminated environment - essential health and safety equipment
Working in a contaminated environment where employees are exposed to harmful biological agents is, from an OSH perspective, a major hazard that must be properly monitored and controlled. In the case of biological agents, the matter is, of course, made more difficult by the nature of the hazard itself - while factors such as noise, dust, or mechanical hazards can be seen and heard, in the case of biological agents, specialized and very regular testing of the work environment is necessary. How should employees be protected when working in a contaminated environment, and what health and safety equipment is necessary in this type of facility?
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Working in a humid environment - what protective products do we need?
There are many work environments where workers are exposed to excessive humidity and the associated condensation that poses a threat to workplace safety. The optimum humidity conditions, which depend largely on the ambient temperature, are regulated by the relevant occupational health and safety standards and regulations for microclimates, but even with a reduction in humidity levels there are places where special protective clothing will be necessary. How to secure work in a humid environment and what protective products do we need?
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The 10 most important personal protective equipment in a firefighter's job
The work of a firefighter is virtually constant contact with high risks to health and life, including almost always risks from which one cannot escape. Due to the very specific nature of the work of firefighters, who save other people's lives every day, the need to provide them with extremely effective protection against various types of agents is crucial. What personal protective equipment should every firefighter be equipped with?
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Types and characteristics of gas masks
Gas masks are an indispensable item for protecting the upper respiratory tract against various types of contaminants and harmful volatile substances, both in the work of people exposed to the inhalation of dust and other pollutants, and in the work of firefighters. The latter are a special group for whom gas masks are one of the basic means of personal protection and protection at almost every stage of work. What types of gas masks can be distinguished and what are their various properties?
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How to protect workers from electrocution?
The use of electricity is so wide in the modern world that virtually every employee in any industry and in any position has a chance of more or less direct contact with devices under electricity." Most of them are, of course, adequately protected, reducing the risk of electrocution to a minimum, the best example being all kinds of workplaces that use computers or cash registers connected to electricity. However, there is a specific group of professions in which the contact of the employee with the electric current is much more direct, and the risk of electrocution is extremely high. How to protect workers from electrocution?
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How to protect the body from chemicals?
Protection against harmful chemical agents is an issue that must be kept in mind not only in the heavy chemical, pharmaceutical or paint industry, but also in the food industry, laboratory work, work with asbestos, agricultural work requiring the use of chemicals, and even in domestic conditions, when contact with various types of substances and detergents poses a threat to human health. The selection of appropriate protective clothing against chemical agents, i.e. the so-called chemical-protective, chemical-resistant or anti-chemical clothing, is the key to guaranteeing the safety of workers exposed to continuous contact with substances present in the form of gases, vapors, liquids, dusts and solids. What requirements should this type of clothing meet and how does it provide protection for the body against chemicals?
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Safety harnesses - how to choose the best for your profession
Belaying harnesses and safety harnesses are the basis of equipment for climbers and workers at heights. Included in the group of personal protective equipment, they guarantee a much higher level of protection against falls from heights than standard collective protective equipment, namely guardrails and safety nets. Worn by construction workers, technicians working on poles and chimneys, or people working at heights of more than 1 meter from stable ground, harnesses guarantee protection against falls from height by distributing the forces acting on a person's body during a fall in such a way that the falling process itself does not cause major damage to the body. However, the range of safety harnesses is relatively extensive, and the choice of the right one for a particular profession and a particular task is not limited to selection on the basis of price or brand. So how to choose the best safety harnesses and what to follow when buying them?
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What accessories protect workers from falls from heights?
Working at heights is an occupation that is quite extremely dangerous for even the most experienced workers. The need to carry out often heavily physical work while being several or even more than a dozen meters above the ground means that extreme caution is required. The safety of high-altitude workers depends primarily on themselves, but with the right equipment and safeguards, the risk of them falling can be significantly reduced. Occupational safety and health regulations precisely define the type of safety equipment necessary for a given industry and for a specific type of work performed. What accessories protect high-rise workers from falls?
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Welder protection - essential equipment
Protection of eyes, ears, respiratory system and face during welding - essential equipment During welding work carried out in halls or warehouses, there is a high risk of health loss in the form of damage to the eyes due to ingress of swarf into the eye, burns to the face, respiratory system or deterioration of hearing. Therefore, special protective clothing is designed for welders, as well as masks or goggles. The selection in our store is quite large, so we will introduce our customers to the available offer.
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How to protect your hearing in a noisy job? Top 10 hearing protections
Working in a noisy environment is a standard for many industries that workers have to face on a daily basis. High sound levels are obviously harmful in the long run and should be avoided at all costs. In a working environment, it may then be necessary to use ear muffs or stoppers, which, in accordance with certain health and safety rules, guarantee hearing comfort and save eardrums from excessive noise.
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How to choose welding goggles?
The face and head require a special degree of protection during work, especially when all kinds of splashes, dust or intense and eye-threatening light are involved. Welding is definitely one of the most dangerous working environments in this regard, where goggles should protect not only from mechanical injuries, but also from radiation and splashes emitted from welded metals. Nowadays on the market of health and safety accessories appear many different types of accessories for face and eye protection, characterized by greater or lesser resistance to specific factors. How to choose the right welding goggles?