Video: Hearing Protection Purchasing Tips

In this video, safety specialist, Joseph Solheid offers some tips on selecting proper hearing protection and explains the noise reduction rating.

Jul 28th, 2017

In this video, safety specialist, Joseph Solheid offers some tips on selecting proper hearing protection and explains the noise reduction rating.

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

In this May 11, 2003, file photo, protesters lie on the pavement opposed to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility and weapons testing after crossing the line into the Nevada Test Site at Mercury, Nev., and were arrested for trespassing about 70 miles north of Las Vegas. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing the push to expand a federal compensation program for radiation exposure following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War.

New Push to Expand Nuclear Radiation Compensation in U.S.

The legislation aims to help people exposed following testing during the Cold War.

This image provided by Abbot in September 2021 shows packaging for their BinaxNOW self test for COVID-19. President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading hospitals and threatening to shutter classrooms around the country. But the tests have already disappeared from pharmacy shelves in many parts of the U.S., and manufacturers warn it will take them weeks to ramp up production, which was slashed after demand for the tests plummeted over the summer of 2021.

Biden Bets on Rapid COVID Tests

But the tests have already disappeared from pharmacy shelves in many parts of the U.S.

Iowa Farm Cooperative Hit by Ransomware, Systems Go Offline

The attack hit just as Iowa's corn and soy harvesting is getting under way.

GM 'Cleans Up' Battery Plants; Tesla's Tribal Land Deal; F-35 Helmet Problems | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 33

Also on the podcast, armed robots patrol borders, toilet training cows, balloon causes blackout, engineer jailed for spying and maintenance workers die in industrial accidents.

NTSB to Investigate Tesla Crash in Florida that Left 2 Dead

It's unclear if the car’s partially automated driving system was activated.

Suspected Drunk Driver Passed Out in Moving Tesla

Her husband reported the vehicle "is driving itself."

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Plane Returns to Airport After Smoke Fills Cabin

The Boeing 777 suffered a technical failure linked to overpressure in one of the air conditioning pipes.

Martin Diky's home completely wrapped in fire-resistant material to protect against the approaching Caldor Fire in Meyers, Calif., Sept. 1, 2021.

Aluminum Wrap Used to Protect Homes in Wildfires

The material can withstand intensive heat for short periods.

Military Training Jet Crashes in Texas, Injuring Both Pilots

The plane went down in a residential area.

In this Sept. 14, 2021 photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa.

Biden Tasks OSHA to Enforce Vaccine Mandate

The assignment is sure to test an understaffed agency that has struggled to defend its authority in court.

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

FDA Strikes Cautious Tone Ahead of Vaccine Booster Meeting

Is there enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?