Chemical Protection

Must read articles about Chemical Protection

Key Factors of Chemical Protective Hazmat Suits

With the growing complexity of PPE standards and an increasingly global outlook for businesses, the challenge of considering both European...

Refinery PPE for Turnarounds

When preparing for a turnaround project, it’s essential to ensure your workers have the proper protective garments. Lakeland Industries manufactures...

EN Clothing Types Compared to OSHA Protection Levels

EN standards define 5 “Types” of application-based chemical protective clothing. But what do they mean and how do they differ...

Refinery Turnaround Safety Concerns

Petrochemical plants and oil refineries are complex organizations, and it takes a specialized crew to ensure that these environments run...

A Comprehensive Guide to ChemMax® Chemical Protective Clothing

ChemMax®: Designed to Achieve the Optimum Combination of Protection, Comfort and Durability. Ensuring workers are protected against the insidious nature...

PPE CE Certification

In recent years, safety managers have become accustomed to the fact that if personal protective equipment (PPE) bears the CE...

Safety Challenges in the Oil and Gas Industry

Perhaps more than in any other, safety managers in the petrochemical industry play a key role in ensuring the safety...

Webinar: Dangers of Combining Flame, Heat and Chemical Protection

How do you know that your team is wearing the right personal protective equipment for their unique work environment? Most...

Risk Tolerance and Behavioral Science in the Management of PPE

You may not be familiar with the term “Risk Tolerance,” but we all recognize what it describes in our personal...

In-Process Monitoring Program Factors for Chemical PPE

Our 13-step guide to selection, management and use of chemical protective suits acknowledges that internal management and control of day...

How to Enhance Donning and Doffing of Chemical Safety Clothing

Donning Do’s and Don’ts, Doffing Do’s and Don’ts The processes of donning and doffing are commonly given too little attention...

Storage & Disposal of Chemical Protective Clothing

Any program for selection, management and use of chemical protective PPE should include an assessment of storage and disposal requirements....

2 workers protected by Lakeland's chemical PPE offerings - walking down tunnel carrying hazardous chemicals, safely
Reusable or Disposable Chemical PPE: Which is the Safer Option?

It’s a common question. Yet in reality it’s a moot point because it’s the wrong question to ask. Some manufacturers...

Webinar: How to Avoid the Misunderstanding CE Standards

I had the pleasure of sharing insight and knowledge of the products, the standards, and the pitfalls commonly found in...

Key Factors of Chemical Garment Choice

When assessing chemical safety clothing requirements, there are a whole range of factors relating to the chemical, the task and...

Chemical Suit Application Review

How effective is type 3,4,5 and 6 testing? And how do tests reflect the real world? Every PPE suit undergoes...

Hazard Protection and Information

For safety managers, it is important to understand the dangers presented by chemicals before a worker begins handling them. However,...

Mistakes to Avoid when Choosing Chemical Safety Clothing & Procedures

Many Safety Managers rely heavily on CE standards to ensure that the PPE they choose will provide protection. But is...