3M has recalled a number of Self Retracting Lanyard Models. From their website…
3M™ G-Series Retractable Lanyard Models:
GW-7, GW-11, GW-7-0241A, GW-7-0241H, GW-11-0241A, GW-11-0241H, GW-11NS, DLGW-7, DLGW-7-0241A and DLGW-11-0241A
In an effort to ensure that 3M provides our customers with quality products and services, we have recently completed an analysis of GW-7 and GW-11 [...]
Attention Rescuers!! There has been a widespread voluntary recall affecting a very popular belay device sold throughout Canada and the US. There are some 20,000 units affected!!
Please feel free to pass this email on to anybody else responsible for safety/rescue gear.
The recall is as follows….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product [...]
Two companies have been fined a total of £640,000 following the death of two fish farm workers on a barge moored at a salmon farm on Loch Creran, Argyll & Bute.
Scottish Sea Farms worker, Campbell Files and engineer Arthur Raikes – employed by Logan Inglis Limited, Cumbernauld – were fixing a hydraulic crane on [...]
From Sperian…
There has been an unendorsed “Special Safety Bulletin” in circulation regarding Miller® Fall Protection Harnesses and the integrity of our quick-connect buckles with plastic inserts.
This notification is to alert you that this publication was neither issued nor approved by Sperian Fall Protection, Inc. This safety bulletin concerning our quick-connect buckles on Miller [...]
Edmonton… A total of 33 charges have been laid against three companies related to the 2009 stage collapse at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose.
Premier Global Production Company Inc., 1073732 Alberta Ltd., and Panhandle Productions Ltd. face charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The charges follow a provincial government investigation into [...]
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a hazard alert about the dangers of using scissor lifts to film events and functions. Scissor lifts are portable, hydraulic-powered lifts that are commonly used by colleges and high schools to film athletic and band activities.
Last October, a 20-year-old University of Notre [...]
On July 7, 2011 the SCORPIO and ABSORBICA Safety Lanyards Recalled by Petzl America, Inc. have been recalled.
These recalled products are energy absorbing lanyards designed to be used in conjunction with a climbing harness to create a fall protection system.
The following table outlines the SCORPIO model numbers and Universal Product Code (UPC) included [...]
A contract worker died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a large tank at the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wood River, Illinois, according to a local news report.
Contractor Bradley Edmund, 38, was doing routine maintenance on a storage tank when he fell about 45 feet from a metal scaffold, said the report from St. Louis, [...]
EDMONTON – An 83-year-old man is in hospital in serious condition after he fell 10 feet from a makeshift scaffold while working in Swan Hills on Friday morning.
The man was contracted to complete a painting job for Devon Canada Corp. on Friday and was working alone in an office space when the incident happened [...]
Safety Services Newfoundland and Labrador has announced their 2011 Safety Conference dates for this Fall. It will be held in St. John’s on October 24-26, 2011. Details to follow.
In conjunction with the conference, Hightek will be offering our latest 2 day Confined Space Competent Person training course on October 27-28. [...]
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