Author: International Enviroguard

While spraying paint, your health and safety depend on protection from particulates and fumes. This requires the use of effective personal protective equipment (PPE). By protecting your skin, airways, and other parts of your body with high-quality PPE, you can be confident you or your workers are...

Fire Resistant Disposable Protective Clothing Standards Workers who face the risk of exposure to electric arc, spark and/or flash fire hazards need adequate flame retardant (FR) protective clothing, whether they work in oil and gas, electricity generation and distribution, hazmat remediation or a...

One consideration for an infection control policy is when and if to utilize disposable vs. laundered personal protective equipment (PPE), including scrubs and gowns. While economic and environmental costs should be considered, organizations must also determine which type of scrubs are more...

No one can deny the dangers associated with influenza viruses. As viruses spread from wild animal populations to domesticated and farm animals, the risks of these diseases spreading from animals to humans (called zoonosis) becomes greater. This is why worker safety in the meat and poultry industry...

ANSI sizing is a national standard for limited-use and disposable coveralls. The standard, ANSI/ISEA 101-1996 (R2008), provides minimum sizing, packaging, and labeling requirements for limited-use and disposable clothing. The standard also includes a sizing chart to help users select the correct...

Cultivators of cannabis use standardized methods to keep their plants healthy, safe, and of top quality. After all, cannabis is a big money crop, so cultivators want to make sure they are giving only the best to their plants. However, do cultivators pay the same amount of attention to safety when...

Large quantities of toxic industrial chemicals are manufactured, stored, and transported throughout the U.S. every day. Companies in over 30 different industries utilize toxic chemicals for a wide range of products. Industrial chemicals are hazardous because of their ability to harm workers in...

Refinery turnarounds, whether planned or unplanned, take up valuable time that could be spent refining oil, gas, or chemicals. In planned turnarounds, you may have upwards of 1,500 workers and 60 days of refinery turnaround time. In unplanned turnarounds, the response is to a serious problem...