Industrial Safety & Hygiene News

Every driller understands the risks that come with the job. Heavy equipment, spinning drill rods, suspended loads, high-pressure systems, and unpredictable ground conditions all come with the territory. For most drilling crews, managing those risks is just another part of the workday, relying on experience, careful planning, and looking out for one another.

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The International Safety Equipment Association says wildfire smoke should be treated as an ongoing occupational health hazard, not a weather event employers wait out. Construction crews, utility workers, landscapers, and public works employees are continuing full shifts outdoors even as air-quality alerts intensify, and many don't have the right respiratory protection, or don't realize what they're wearing won't actually protect them.

Safety Product Innovations For some jobs, gloves aren’t enough PPE. Workers also need a protective sleeve that shields the rest of the arm and covers the gap at the wrist, where a glove stops and a shirt sleeve begins. The ultimate solution for safety managers and procurement directors is the ability to get the gloves and the sleeve from a single source, purchased together as a hand and arm protection system. This is where Brass Knuckle® excels.

As part of the decommissioning process, employees were disposing of various chemicals that were still onsite. Two chemicals -- A-50 (a proprietary calcium chloride solution used as a coagulant) and M-2000A (a proprietary sodium trithiocarbonate solution used as a metal precipitant) -- were used to recover silver from the facility’s wastewater. A third chemical, nitric acid, was used in the reclamation process.

Government Safety RegulationsEnvironmental Health and SafetyFacility SafetyRisk Management In July 2026, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its final report on the BioLab incident in Conyers, Georgia. The September 29, 2024, event began when water leaked from an eroded sprinkler onto reactive pool-treatment chemicals. The result was off-gassing, heat, fires and toxic smoke containing chlorine, hydrogen chloride, bromine and other substances.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will recognize Respiratory Protection Day on September 1, 2026, to promote the proper selection and use of respirators in the workplace. Respiratory Protection Day recognizes the millions of workers who rely on respiratory protection every day and highlights the importance of effective respiratory protection.

Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces the availability of advanced webbing solutions utilizing Kevlar® EXO™, a next-generation aramid fiber platform engineered for demanding performance and protection needs. The new Kevlar EXO offerings expand BRM’s portfolio of high-performance tapes and webbings for mission-critical applications in defense, aaerospace, and industrial safety markets.

Today's Safety News J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of safety and compliance solutions, and the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), the leading trade association for personal protective equipment (PPE) and technologies, announced they have launched a collaborative study evaluating the day-to-day experiences of EHS and safety professionals in PPE program development, PPE purchasing, PPE training, and ensuring proper use of PPE to keep employees safe.

When a workplace incident happens, the first question many organizations ask is: Who made the mistake? For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), answering that question is essential to understand to avoid penalty risks. But that instinct can lead to bigger problems than the incident itself. Across Canada, SMBs are navigating rising costs, ongoing labor shortages, and complex regulations. Enforcement is also becoming more active.