Industrial Scientific Corporation has determined that the GasBadge® Plus single-gas instrument may not properly indicate a low battery condition resulting in a failure to alarm or instrument shut down. This condition is worsened when the instrument is used in conditions below room temperature. As a result, for safety reasons, Industrial Scientific is issuing a recall […]
ALERT #1 from Lyondellbassell A contractor was wearing a cotton flame resistant garment (FRC). According to testing done by the Newtown Square Research Center and the clothing manufacturer, these fabrics can exothermically react with bleach solutions to produce enough heat to burn skin and give off toxic gases (see box in alert). Nomex flame
On Saturday, December 17, 2011, a surface mechanic was seriously injured while setting a transmission into a CAT 777F rock truck using a truck-mounted hydraulic crane. The crane suddenly failed, allowing the boom to fall, striking him in the head and knocking him down between the frame rails of the truck. The victim was standing on the
The United States Coast Guard strongly urges mariners and boaters alike to check their Mustang Survival PFDs. Mustang Survival is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 inflatable Personal Flotation Devices (PFD’s) sold in the United States during 2011. To determine if you are impacted by this recall please reference the images below:
Certain coating removers containing methylene chloride are widely used in the bathtub refinishing industry to prepare tubs for a new finish. Since 2006 there have been three deaths in Michigan in this industry involving methylene chloride. This week the Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (MIFACE) program released a hazard alert and an investigative report
A serious risk has been identified by an EU member state where use of the mobile phone “Expert XP-Ex-1” in potentially explosive atmospheres could lead to possible ignition danger. The mobile phone in question is manufactured by “Experts Intrinsic Safety Specialists, Groningsewet 7, 2994 LC Barendrecht, Netherlands”.
Attached is a Quality and Safety Alert for ALL DeWalt Large Grinders that have been manufactured prior to week 32, of this year. These grinders have been manufactured since sometime earlier than 1995. This is a real one and a good catch as this does NOT appear on the DeWalt website under their recalls section.
RECALL NOTICE – PROTECTA SHOCK ABSORBING LANYARDSCapital Safety is aware of a reported inadvertent disconnection during use of the locking snaphook used in a series of Y-shaped Protecta lanyards with twin elastic lanyard legs that both attach directly to the eye of the snaphook. The locking snaphook used on these lanyards is part number 9502573.
Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders November 16, 2011
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September 29, 2010 To – MA17 Solenoid Valve Customer Re – Safety Recall of certain Sporlan/Refrigeration Specialties MA17 solenoid valves Standard Machine & Manufacturing Co. manufactures MA17 solenoid valves for Sporlan and Refrigeration Specialties, both divisions of Parker Hannifin Corporation. Standard Machine and Parker have been made aware of a small number of fractures of
