Breathe easy with PAPR system
For heavy-duty protection from welding fume and particulates when welding, gouging and grinding, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products introduced the new ESAB PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirator) system at EuroBLECH 2018.
For heavy-duty protection from welding fume and particulates when welding, gouging and grinding, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products introduced the new ESAB PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirator) system at EuroBLECH 2018.
A Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) is a type of personal protective equipment used to safeguard workers against contaminated air, explains PK Safety.
Weighing just 805g, the RPB Z4 is one of the lightest welding/grinding respirators on the market. It is now available in the UK to help meet new HSE enforcement expectations for welding fume.
Core Protection Systems designs and manufactures the Corpro full and half face respiratory masks and filter systems, and has sold over 30,000 of its products into the health and safety and PPE industries since the company launched in September.
Problems with Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) can lead to discomfort, ill-health or even death. Full Support outlines the issues and invites people across the UK to check whether their FFP3 respirators are up to the job, by taking the PortaCount Challenge.
IN THE UK, businesses that have workers wearing respirators are required by HSE INDG 479 to perform respirator fit testing and confirm those respirators will provide the right level of on-the-job protection needed. Here, TSI looks at how real-time measurements can improve respirator fit-testing.
The Corpro HM1400 half mask is a lightweight, comfortable reusable respirator that provides protection against hazardous airborne contaminants.
IF YOU or your colleagues use any kind of tight fitting respiratory protection equipment then you should already know that you should be conducting fit testing regularly to ensure the fit of the mask to the face of the wearer is good enough to provide adequate protection.
GLOBUS GROUP has launched a new range of face masks to protect workers against extremely hazardous substances found in the workplace. The new design provides improved comfort and fit to help encourage good PPE compliance.
DRÄGER HAS provided Red One, the commercial trading arm of the Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, with its most advanced fire safety technology available to help protect Hinkley Point Site C from the dangers of fire.
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