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Safety harness saves window washer from death fall on Front St.

April 02, 2010

Alexandra Posadzki

Police say a window washer's safety harness saved his life on Friday after he fell 15 storeys while working outside a Front St. condominium as horrified bystanders looked on.

The man was rescued by fire fighters and transported to hospital after falling from the 33rd floor of the 381 Front St. highrise around 2:30 p.m.

He suffered only minor injuries, according to Toronto police, and will be home for the Easter weekend.

The worker’s lifeline saved him from sharing the same fate as the four construction workers who plunged to their deaths on Christmas Eve after the scaffolding that they were working on collapsed.

The four men were wearing safety harnesses but the harnesses were not tied off to a solid structure, said Toronto police Det. Kevin Sedore.

This is the third time in two months that a worker has been injuring by falling from a height, but deadly falls are not infrequent.

A 43-year-old construction worker died after falling from an apartment building near Victoria Park Ave. and Ellesmere Rd. in mid-February, and another worker died after falling 10 meters on the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus a month later.

In January the Ontario government appointed Tony Dean, former head of the Ontario public service, to chair a panel of labour groups and safety experts and recommend changes to Ontario’s worker protection system.

This comes after the revelation that more than 400 construction workers have died in Ontario since 1990.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating Friday’s incident.

Bandaids are a high theft item in many workplaces across Canada. It is not uncommon
for employees to open first aid kits to take a bandaid and find that there are none. Most employers have trouble keeping bandaids in stock inside first aid kits because they have to ensure kits are accessible to all staff at all times. This unfortunately means that some staff will take bandaids out of first aid kits at their workplace for personal use, leaving supplies low and kits inadequately stocked for real emergencies. This in turn leaves employers open to liability and potential fines for not ensuring supplies are adequate for actual first aid emergencies.

Cederroth Industrial Products is a manufacturer of innovative first aid supplies. Their Salve Quick bandaid dispensers and refills can help minimize theft of supplies and ensure bandaids are available for those workers that really need them. As a worker pulls the individual bandaid from the dispenser, the adhesive surface is exposed automatically and is ready to apply to the wound without leaving paper waste to dispose of. This ensures that workers cannot take bandaids home for personal use because the bandaids must be applied right away once you take it from the Salve Quick dispenser.

Refilling the Salve Quick dispenser is easy. Refills are available that you simply insert into the dispenser after removing the empty bandaid card using the supplied red dispenser key. There are several option available for bandaid types including fabric strips, plastic strips,metal detectable and finger tip bandages.

Labels: bandaids, cederroth, dispenser, first aid, salvequick

The Respiratory Protection section of our online catalogue has been updated.

There are new products and revised organization to better help you find the respiratory protective products that you need for your application.

Labels: catalogue, respiratory protection

Why is it so difficult for supervisors to make sure workers are using their PPE correctly? Most manufacturers provide a very detailed manual with each piece of safety equipment sold, but are usually too long or too difficult to understand for the average worker. Most companies don't have the resources to designate a full time employee to inspect their workplace to make sure everyone is adhering to company safety policies.



ISS has launched a new Safety On Scene Service – the “10 Steps to Safety” posters provide a short summary of the Do’s and Don'ts of proper PPE use.

Here is a sample poster:

These customizable bulletins can be printed on virtually any material and size, emphasizing, right out of the box how important relevant information is for workers and their protection while using Personal Protective Equipment.

Customize a safety reminder for your workers today!

Labels: electrical, How to, ladders, posters, procedures, reminders, respiratory protection, safety bulletins, spills

Draeger First in the World to have a NIOSH approved cartridge for use in H2S environments.

Dräger is pleased to highlight our new Multi-Gas+ Cartridge to fit the X-plore® 3300/3500/5500 twin filter masks. These cartridges can be used to work in environments up to 100 ppm H2S (IDLH level), providing proper change out schedules are followed. There are two versions available (with P100 filter and without P100 filter) which also protect from the following gases:
• Organic Vapors
• Chlorine
• Chlorine Dioxide
• Hydrogen Chloride
• Hydrogen Fluoride
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Ammonia
• Methylamine
• Hydrogen Sulfide

Cartridge 6738351 is approved for use with our N95 and R95 pre-filter pads, and our X-plore® Pure low profile P100 filter. Cartridge 6738361 is approved for use with our coarse particulate pre-filter.

Labels: draeger, drager, h2s Cartrige, half mask, NIOSH, wsib

Our online PDF catalogue has been updated.

New page numbers have been implemented for all sections to include section numbers. If you have an older version of the catalogue, please consult the new PDFs for the most up to date page numbers and product information.

New products have been added to the following sections:

• 01: Instrumentation
  
• 05: Respiratory Protection

We hope these updates will better assist you in finding the best products for your application. If you have any questions about products, please don't hesitate to contact customer service.

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