Topics: Contractor Safety, PPE, Bacon's Safety Tips, educational, industrial safety, PPE Kits, workplace safety, Kitting
Kitting your personal protective equipment is a sure-fire way to make sure your crew has the supplies they need to stay safe. Help your workers avoid being one of the 2.9 million non-fatal workplace injuries that happen every year; be prepared. PPE Kits save money and time. Plus, you get the added ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, work boots, PPE, Safety Shoes, Protective Footwear, Safety Boots, educational, Foot Protection
Take a look around your job site. With a little luck, you’ll see men and women wearing the right personal protective equipment (PPE) they need to get the job done safely. It’s not hard to see if people are wearing their respirators, fall protection or their fire-resistant gear. You can definitely ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, hazards, PPE, Protective Footwear, Bacon's Safety Tips, educational, Foot Protection, industrial safety
Get the low down on different safety shoe features. Learn why all work boots are NOT created equal! If you wanted to count all the ways that the right work boot can protect you from injury, you’d need to use all your fingers and toes. In fact, you’d probably need a calculator because safety’s way ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, Safety, PPE, industrial safety
*Podcasts may contain explicit material* Last time, the guys talked sorbents and flammable cabinets. Today’s episode is all about advancements in personal protective equipment. Dave White and Fred Radunzel are back on the road bringing you the Quad City Safety’s PPE Roundup — straight from the 58th ... Read More
Topics: Hard Hats, Contractor Safety, PPE, Bacon's Safety Tips, educational, Eye & Head protection, Eye and Head Protection, industrial safety
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that in some applications you need to protect your noggin. Whether it’s from low overhead beams, the potential for falling objects or exposure to exposed electricity, hard hats play a valuable role. Caring for them is not as cut and dry as it may seem. ... Read More
It’s a no brainer. Hard hat safety is something you need to consider for every industrial worksite. It doesn’t matter what your job title is. If you work construction or are stationed at an industrial facility, odds are you’re gonna need something to protect your noggin. When most people think of ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, Safety, PPE, Protective clothing, industrial safety
*Podcasts may contain explicit material* Warm weather is around the corner (hopefully!). For a good chunk of the country, it’s still cold and some places even have snow on the ground. Either way, summertime is around the corner and that means an increase in construction. You ever see those road ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, Safety, Fall protection, PPE, industrial safety
*Podcasts may contain explicit material* Chances are if you’ve been doing your job for a while, you’re familiar with all those corny safety videos from first day orientation. You know the ones that are awkward and slightly uncomfortable ones to watch? Yeah, that’s not our style. Quad City Safety ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, Safety, PPE, Arc Flash, FR Clothing, Protective clothing, Protective Apparel, industrial safety
*Podcasts may contain explicit material* Chances are that you’re here to listen in for more embarrassing stories and safety truths from the people that know safety best. So, let’s get right to it. Today’s Dave & Bacon’s Safety Tales is all about Arc Flash risk. Dave and Fred take a serious look ... Read More
Topics: Contractor Safety, Safety, Fall protection, PPE, Personal Fall Arrest System, industrial safety
*Podcasts may contain explicit material* Batman didn’t have super powers, he just had some bada** tools. Remember ol’ Alfred? He used to serve up all those cool devices and save Batman’s behind over and over again. Quad City Safety’s kind of like Alfred. We’re here to save your a**. Listen in to ... Read More
