Worker Health & Safety Stories

Job sites can be dangerous. And safety products for your eyes, ears and entire body only work if you use them properly. So how to be ready? One answer is 48 feet long, and it comes to you.

3M Safety and Graphics Business Group announces a minority equity investment in StrongArm Technologies Inc., a New York-based startup that is focused on creating innovative safety products for the industrial workforce.

The Zika virus is spread primarily through the Aedes species of mosquito. This is the same species of mosquito that spreads the dengue and chikungunya viruses. The mosquito bites an infected person and subsequently spreads the virus to other people by biting them. There are current outbreaks of Zika and Chikungunya virus in parts of South and Central America.

Using a respirator cartridge beyond its service life can endanger workers and lead to regulatory violations. 3M has launched a new line of organic vapor respirator cartridges with 3M™ Service Life Indicator technology, an end-of-service-life-indicator (ESLI) that, when used in appropriate environments, visually shows when users should change cartridges.

3M’s Personal Safety Division and 3M’s Capital Safety business, two of the industry’s leaders in personal protective equipment and fall protection products, will be joining forces to showcase their latest safety products and innovations at World of Concrete 2016