Personal protection equipment

Rubber work glove

13 June, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.rcr.com.au

RCR International has added a rubber industrial work glove to its range. The Centaur is a heavy-duty rubber work glove with a seamless cotton liner for comfort.

Workwear

11 May, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.yakka.com.au

Hard Yakka Legends Workwear is made of heavy-duty 100% cotton Duck Weave and reinforced with abrasion-resistant Cordura, which means that the fabric is twice as durable as regular workwear and some of the strongest ever fashioned into workwear.

Protective single-layer suit

11 May, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.personalprotection.ap.dupont.com/

DuPont have created a single-layer suit that helps protect against flash fires and chemicals - Tychem ThermoPro.

Scope Rx-1 safety glasses

15 March, 2006 | Supplied by: PSG Eyewear

Prescription Safety Glasses has released the Scope Rx-1 safety glasses.

Work boots

15 March, 2006 | Supplied by: Bata Shoe Company of Australia

Designed with attention to details and wearer comfort and design, the Spirit range of safety shoes is not only made to look good but also has built-in features to meet the demands of today's workforce.

Kneeling mats

13 February, 2006 | Supplied by: Pall Mall Manufacturing Co

Designed to take the pain out of kneeling, the Knee-Ease Kneeling Mat is useful for anyone working at ground level. This covers a wide variety of jobs from carpet layers to electricians, from plumbers to horticulturists.

Applying customisation technology to hearing protection

07 February, 2006 by Kevin Joyce, Operations Manager, Sonomax | Supplied by: Sonomax Australia Pty Ltd

Why with a world full of available hearing protection do we still have millions of people losing their hearing? Noise in the workplace has been designated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the world's single largest occupational health problem

Twin filter, half mask respirator

18 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.scottint.com/

Scott Health & Safety announces the launch of the new Profile² advanced, twin filter, half mask respirator. Developed from Scott's proven half mask technology, the Profile² provides high levels of comfort and exceptionally low breathing resistance. Design focussed on simple maintenance and low through-life costs.

Fire-rated sock

15 May, 2005 | Supplied by: Wilderness Wear

The Wilderness Wear fire-rated sock has been designed using a three-layer construction method.

Ansell cut-resistant glove

17 April, 2005 | Supplied by: Ansell

The Ansell cut-resistant glove range comes in a wide array of styles and designs, offering a high level of protection, performance and comfort. PawGard has been added to the range, it offers cutting edge protection, made from multiple strands of high-tech Spectra that is ten times stronger than steel.

Traxx safety footwear

13 March, 2005 | Supplied by: Bata Shoe Company of Australia

The Traxx range of safety footwear exceeds legal and health and safety requirements. It incorporates up-to-date styling and uses advanced materials and techniques, and also uses developments in the fields of kinetics, ergonomics and physiology.

Bilsom hearing protection

14 February, 2005 | Supplied by: Honeywell Industrial Safety

The Bilsom range of hearing protection products includes earmuffs and disposable, reusable, corded and detectable earplugs in both Standard and NST (Natural Sound Technology) versions.

Stealth safety boots

14 December, 2004 | Supplied by: TLC International Group Pty Ltd

The Stealth range of safety boots is available with the Totectors brand of safety footwear.

Data radio

14 December, 2004 | Supplied by: STI Engineering

The Piccolo 433 MHz is an RS232 data radio with a usable air data rate of up to 38.4 Kbps. The unit is suitable for difficult RF environments with features such as selectable over-the-air data rate, selection between data speed and increased RF performance, and frequency hopping with automatic retries for reliable data recovery in a crowded spectrum.