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What is a safety manager anyway? It starts with the implications of the job - what you're required to do. At a bare minimum, a safety manager should be competent in knowing the industry standards, practices and hazards associated with employee tasks. We've seen much talk about pushing safety managers to "increase safety culture", but what does that actually mean? If a job description...

IN SIMPLE TERMS WaveCel behaves like a network of hundreds of interconnected shock absorbers connecting your head and the outer shell of the helmet. It distributes the impact energy through its network of cells. It absorbs impact forces like the crumple zone of a car. It diverts rotational forces by flexing and gliding. WAVECEL SYSTEMThe WaveCel system is exceptional at mitigating rotational forces that...

What are the high-level changes that ANSI Z359.14-2021 addresses? On June 17, 2021, ANSI approved the new 2021 revision of Z359.14, Safety Requirements for Self-Retracting Devices (SRDs) for Personal Fall Arrest and Rescue Systems. This revision supersedes the 2014 version and goes into effect on February 1, 2023, which is an important date for ANSI compliance while using self-retracting devices. We will review the changes to...