How D3O®iP™ Technology Is Setting A New Standard For Hand Protection

Impact-related hand injuries are the most common occupational hazards in the industrial work force. According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor between 2021-2022, 23 percent of all work-rel…

Enhancing Workplace Safety in the Construction Industry with Multi-Directional Head Protection Technology

It’s no surprise that workers in the construction industry are at a high risk of accidents; the industry consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous in the U.S. The causes of workplace injuries have…

Unraveling The Dynamics of ESD Safety

When it comes to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Safety, it’s all about control – static control. The ESD Association® sets many of the global standards that are considered guiding principles for static con…

Specialized PPE For Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

For years, the United States has been the second largest manufacturer of motor vehicles, manufacturing over 1.5 million cars and 7.6 million commercial vehicles annually due largely to leading companies li…

Surviving the Summer Heat: A Guide to Workplace Safety and Hydration

With rising temperatures comes an increased risk of heat-related illnesses. These conditions arise when the body struggles to maintain its internal temperature due to excessive heat exposure, leading to…

Workplace Safety For Women: Proper Fitting PPE

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is vital in ensuring worker safety across all trade industries. However, when PPE doesn't fit correctly, it can be just as dangerous as not wearing any protection at…

Protective Gear for TIG Welding

For starters, April is National Welding Month.  PIP USA appreciates all the hard-working welders of America. For those familiar with welding, the terms heliarc welding, tungsten inert gas welding o…

What to Consider When Choosing High-Visibility Multi-Season Workwear

Winter and Spring can be a hazardous time of year for people who work outdoors. That's why companies must train their employees on how to stay safe while also providing them with the proper protective eq…

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: Supporting A Successful Safety Program

The Automotive industry, a pillar of America’s economic strength, continues to demonstrate steady growth with rising employment numbers. According to the BLS, employment within the motor vehicles an…

Multi-task Welding Gloves Offer The Protection And Dexterity Welders Need

If you’re well-versed with the welding trade, you’ll know that a welder spends the majority of their time not necessarily welding.  In fact, welders only spend approximately 25% of th…

Why Welders Need Cut-Resistant Gloves

Hand injuries are among the most common workplace injuries, with over a third involving lacerations. It's not hard to understand why, after all, hands are often closest in proximity to workplace hazards. Th…

Safety Helmets with Mips® Offer Protection from Linear and Rotational Impacts

Head protection has come a long way since the day of the “Hard-Boiled Hat” which made its appearance in the early 1920s to protect members of the U.S. Navy and coastal shipyard workers from im…

Experience Barrier Protection and Flexibility With Extended User Gloves

Barrier glove technology has changed dramatically over the last 10 years as glove demand has increased. Gone are the days when rough hands or stained fingers defined what we did for a living. Today, ev…

Sustainable Solutions in PPE

Sustainable, eco-friendly, biodegradable… We can go on and on. Every day, we are bombarded with product alternatives that claim to be better for the environment – almost to the point that it…

A Welder's Guide to Avoiding Cold Related Injury and Illness

Extreme cold weather is a dangerous situation that can bring on health emergencies and welders working in cold environments are no exception to this. All workers who are exposed to extreme cold are at ris…

The Psychology Behind Effective Food Safety Culture

What’s the first thing you think of when you see a firefighter helmet? If your answer was hero, rescue, save, protect or first responder, you’d be in line with the majority of Americans. The…

Understanding The Differences Between Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antibacterial Hand Protection

ANTIMICROBIAL - ANTIVIRAL - ANTIBACTERIAL: What Does This All Mean for Hand Protection? by Anthony Di Giovanni, Vice President of Global Marketing Safety managers are demanding PPE tha…

Reusable vs. Disposable – Using The Right Garment For The Right Job

Disposable garments or reusable garments – which choice is right for you? There has always been back-and-forth about whether reusable or disposable garments are best for the wo…

Top 3 Trending Safety Solutions in Construction

  According to OSHA, the continuously evolving construction industry accounts for one in five worker fatalities across all private industries. It is crucial to stay vigilant and take the best safety precautions available when facing the multiple hazards present on a construction job site. …

Heat Resistant Gloves Are A Hot Topic

Customers often ask us, “What do you mean by ‘light heat resistance’ with these gloves (or sleeves)?” Whether consciously or not – they are looking for some sort of assurance th…

What is Double Hearing Protection and When Would You Need It?

You might be asking yourself if double hearing protection is something you should be considering. In order to understand what double hearing protection is, let’s start by reviewing why it is nee…

6 Key Facts to Help Understand ARC Flash Risks

There are few things no utility worker wants to experience – ARC flash is one of them. The phenomenon is described as a sudden, bright, blinding light and heat that occurs because of a rapid relea…

4 Hidden Jobsite Risks - And How To Avoid Them

Nearly five million workers currently make up the American construction industry. That includes laborers, carpenters, trade and extraction workers, site managers and others. While it may not be apparent from a …

3 Common Types of Cold Stress - And How You Can Prepare For Them

Like it or not, winter will be here before we all know it. And now is the best time to start thinking about your plan of attack in order to get out in front of it. No matter what winter looks like for you &…

ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Classification For Impact Resistant Gloves Helps Decrease Back-Of-The-Hand Injuries

Impact protection has been a hot topic in the hand protection space all year due to the roll-out and adaptation of the new American National Standard for Performance and Classification for Impact-Resistant Gl…

Hi-Visibility Garments – The Future is Bright

Having spent 10 years in the fire protective clothing industry, I assumed marketing Hi-Vis garment was going to be easy. Turns out, it’s far more complex than I had anticipated. While we tend to…

10 Things To Consider When Selecting A Hard Hat

If the hard hat is comfortable for the worker, it is more likely to remain on the workers head. The seasoned worker who has been on the worksite longer is accustomed to wearing a hard hat for long du…

Get A Grip!

Last weekend, I was helping someone move and got to experience firsthand the importance of having great grip. We all know the obvious importance of grip when handling sharp objects, but I really want to…

Disposable Gloves for Heavy-Duty Industrial Jobs?

Many current studies related to the global safety market will highlight how disposable gloves account for a growing share of glove consumption. One research document boldly professes that "disposable gl…

Noise Induced Hearing Loss Is 100% Preventable. With The Correct PPE.

It seems like every other article on hearing protection is talking about Noise Induced Hearing Loss. And for good reason; Noise Induced Hearing Loss, or NIHL as it’s commonly referred to, is a "s…

Protective Sleeve Buyers Guide

When it comes to arm protection, you don't have to settle for what's already out there. Each work environment, task, and person provides a different set of variables that affect the type of protection re…

Hi-Vis and Cut Protection Come Together For A New Level of Hand Safety

Proper safety on the job starts with being aware of your surroundings. A key part of this awareness is knowing the environment and knowing what protective clothing to wear to be safe and compliant. Ob…

One Size Fits None

One of the most critical components of PPE is fit. A secure, comfortable fit helps increase worker safety and compliance. Adapting PPE designs so they can properly fit women, who are generally smaller th…

Things That Go “Bump” Into Your Head

Have you ever been doing a simple task, not paying close attention to your surroundings and then accidently hit your head? It hurts! Imagine instead if it was a metal shelf or frame, piping, or a conveyor be…

Cut Protection Fit for a Knight

Cut protection gloves have undergone a wide array of changes over the years. Original cut protection goes back centuries when metal armor and chainmail were used for protection. This was an effective to…

What is Your Logo Saying?

More than its name, a company is identified and recognized by its logo. Whether we’re driving down the road or walking through a supermarket, our subconscious is constantly active. We see a common re…

Don't Let the Heat Take You Out

We are currently in the midst of the season where our work environments expose us to the significant risk of heat stress illness. Understanding how your body works can help you avoid serious work related in…

Blinded by the Night

We see it nearly every day on our commutes: a vehicle on the side of the road with a flat tire or a mechanical issue. As a daytime occurrence, these instances are very easy to identify. At night, however, th…

You'll Never See it Coming

Safety glasses, generally speaking, have been developed to help provide impact protection for your eyes. With injury risks that can range from scratched corneas to total loss of vision, protective eyewear ha…

Eyes on Safety

As we commute in our cars, we often see people dressed in hi-vis vests and hard hats working along the side of the road. Often times we see signs that ask us to slow down, warn of danger and work zones ah…

"X" Marks Your Back

If you grew up playing sports, you remember some of the basic safety aspects you were taught. One of the first lessons you learn in baseball is, "Don't throw the ball to someone who isn't looking." An…

Are You NFPA 70E Compliant?

It's difficult to discuss how critical identifying and using the proper PPE is for those performing electrical work without bringing up the tragedies that continue to take place weekly across the US. Es…

It's Just a Hard Hat…Right?

We are in an age where innovation is accelerating all around us. Think about it; Ten  years ago, rear projection TV's were still available for sale. Twelve years ago, many  people were still using…

Are You Sure Those Are Safety Glasses?

Over the years, style and technology have changed. While providing basically the same purpose, the look changes and the functionality improves. While some people embrace the changes, others fear it. Ev…

PPE for Temp Workers Shouldn't Be Complicated

With construction season starting to warm up, everyone from Buyers, to Foremen, Safety Managers and Supervisors are inspecting and evaluating their PPE to ensure their workers remain safe and compliant. F…

Vest or No Vest: That is the Question

A road construction worker. A parking lot attendant. Even a jogger running in your neighborhood. It's hard to go a day without seeing someone wearing a high visibility garment. And for good reason – th…

Don't Break the Bank on Cut Protection

Not all glove decisions are solely price driven; many Safety Managers are focused on finding the right glove for the job. According to a 2013 study from TriComB2B in partnership with the University Of…

In the Beginning, There were Clear Lenses

For decades, safety glasses with clear lenses have been the most common protective eyewear solution, and that pattern continues today. As a basic solution, they do provide good general protection. But, as a…

Top 5 Reasons To Choose Goatskin Leather

The material of your gloves is one of the most important factors when making a selection. The better the leather, the longer it lasts, the more comfort it delivers and the greater the safety.   Here are the …

Don’t Leave Your Hands Naked

It’s often said that a worker’s greatest tools are their hands. With any job or task, there are minor or significant injury risks. In theory, this makes the need to provide appropriate protection wh…

Don't Hazard a Guess

For those who have to work with chemicals, the hazards can be very painful, ranging from various degrees of skin irritation to chemical burns. The possibility of these injuries makes it critical to en…

PIP'S Latest Innovation

The EVOLite® Skyworker™ Helmet is an extremely lightweight (under 1lb.) helmet designed for working at height that conforms to ANSI Z89.1-2014, Type I, Class C requirements, as well as the EN…

PIP Expands Flame Resistant Clothing

PIP is pleased to announce additions to its FR Work Apparel clothing line. What is Flame Resistant apparel? Flame resistant apparel meets specific ASTM standards that deem the fabric flame resistant fo…

PIP's Bouton® Optical has a Clear Vision with New Additions to its Eye Protection Program

PIP's Bouton Optical® continues to expand its already impressive line of Eye Protection Products with its new eyewear featuring the Reaction Goggle, Fortis™ II, and Zenon Z12F Foam.The Reaction…

Important Information Regarding U.S. Bound Containers

As an industrial distributor, you are likely aware of the current contract dispute between dockworkers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union members (ILWU) and shipping companies re…