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On the Front Lines for Workplace Safety
Every day, hundreds of American
workers are injured or killed on the job, and millions more are
at risk of death or injury in the workplace. Many workplace injuries
can be avoided through better personal protection (PPE), but
usage of PPE remains dangerously low.
The International Safety Equipment Association represents companies
that make safety equipment for use in hazardous work environments.
ISEA and its members offer a wealth of information and expertise
on PPE for the workplace.
Safety equipment usage by workers not only reduces injuries and
deaths, but offers clear bottom-line benefits to employers. Data
from a variety of sources indicates that the use of protective
gear for eyes, faces, falls, hands, heads and respiration can
save hundreds of millions each year in lost-time injuries. For
example, road construction companies pay out $17 million more
for eye and face injuries yearly than it would cost to protect
hazard-exposed workers with safety glasses.
Whether you are responsible for specifying or buying safety equipment,
for training employees, developing policy, writing a speech or
just looking to find out more about workplace safety, ISEA offers
the information and contacts you need.
Results
from a ISEA survey of safety leaders indicate that personal protective
equipment (PPE) use in the heavy construction industry is on this rise,
but that hundreds of thousands of workers in dangerous jobs are still
unprotected when they need to be. Read more about it here.
INTERNATIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT
ASSOCIATION
703-525-1695
fax 703-528-2148
1901 North Moore Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209-1762
USA