• Registration Open for A+A 2025, The World's Leading Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition!

    Registration Open for A+A 2025, The World’s Leading Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition!

    A+A, the world’s largest occupational safety and health trade fair, is set to reopen its doors in 2025. This prestigious event, which will take place in Düsseldorf on November 4-7, will focus on sustainable solutions to protect safety and health at work under the theme “People Matter”. Featuring leading organizations in the field, the fair

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  • ECHA Adds Triphenyl Phosphate to List of High-Risk Chemicals

    ECHA Adds Triphenyl Phosphate to List of High-Risk Chemicals

    The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added a new chemical to its Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), a list of chemicals with the potential to harm human health and the environment. The list now includes 242 substances in total. Companies working with chemicals included on this list have a responsibility to

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  • The Air We Breathe Staying Safe with PPE

    The Air We Breathe: Staying Safe with PPE

    Personal protective equipment (PPE) is vital to protect workers, especially against hazards in respirable air. Industrial activities create a variety of air pollutants such as airborne particles and harmful gases. The correct selection of PPE to ensure respiratory safety is one of the most important steps in protecting worker health. The first step in ensuring

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  • Safety Innovations and Manufacturer Obligations Introduced by ASTM F963-23

    Update to US Toy Safety Standards: ASTM F963-23 in Practice

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  • Decision 2024/2599 of the European Commission has resulted in extensive updates to a number of standards for PPE products. These updates further raise safety standards, covering fall protection systems, filter respirators, work shoes, electrically insulated helmets and eye and face protection equipment. In particular, durability, safety testing methods and technical requirements have been revisited. The new standards are an important step forward for the safety of workers and ensure the adoption of high safety norms in the production and use of PPE across Europe

    European Commission Decision 2024/2599: Safety and Performance Updates to PPE Standards

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  • Guidance on the PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425: 4th version published in October 2024!

    Guidance on the PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425: 4th version published in October 2024!

    Related PostsEuropean Commission Updates Personal Protective Equipment StandardsEuropean Commission Decision 2024/2599: Safety and Performance Updates to PPE StandardsMay 2025 Update: New Vertical Recommendation for Use (RfU) Standards for European Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) PublishedVertical and Horizontal Recommendations for the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Regulation Updated.

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