Why Kitting Matters If you’ve ever spent any time researching, sourcing and purchasing products of any kind, you’ve probably run across this term. Kitting is only the most efficient and cost-effective way of purchasing your safety needs there is, that’s all. It’s a process in which individual products can be grouped, packaged and supplied together. The result is big time savings. Saving time, resources, labor hours and the big one...MONEY ..read more

  ...because you’d never see your offensive lineman wearing ballet slippers! You won’t believe what Quad City Safety has up their sleeve. You may know Quad City Safety as the one you turn to for all your safety needs. Backed by years of experience, you know you can rely on us to provide you with the safety equipment and services you need to stay safe. You know we’ll shoot it to you straight. Regulations and standards are complicated enough, and your safety equipment provider shouldn’t make it worse.   You want real answers and advice that make sense to you and your ind ..read more

You've got a spill on the job and you need to clean it up. If you think a roll of paper towel's is going to do the job, you got another thing coming. You might want to choose a sorbent. What the heck is a sorbent? Well, keep scrolling down the page to find out ..read more

Is your fire-resistant clothing keeping you safe?  When was the last time you checked to see if your FR clothing was protecting you from the dangerous work you do? You think today might be a good day to do that ..read more

There are two important things Bacon wants you to remember about eye safety at work: You need to wear eye protection if there is a chance for injury You need to wear the right protection! You think this is common sense, think again. You might just fall out of your seat when you hear the stats on this one. Just about 2,000 workplace eye injuries occur every day. Those injuries cost around $300 million a year in lost production, medical bills and workers’ compensation. Check this out—90% were preventable, if workers wore the right safety eyewear! Remember Bacon's tips on selecting ..read more

Protect your eyes from the risk of arc flash You already knew that arc flash releases hot gas and radiant energy up to 4 times the temperature of the sun, right? Let’s ponder that for a minute. When arc flash happens, the ambient temperatures can reach 35,000° Fahrenheit. And the arc blast, or pressure wave, is just as intense. Think about that the next time you burn your mouth on a slice of hot, bubbly pizza and see your life flash before your eyes. Poor thing.  You know something? Arc flash is much, much worse ..read more

What eye protection lenses are you relying for protection? More than 700,000 U.S. workers injure their eyes on the job every year! Come on. That number is ridiculous, especially when there’s eye protection out there for virtually every task. If you aren’t sure what kind of lens you need to provide, all you gotta do is ask Bacon.   Here are some tips on choosing the right eye protection at work ..read more

Do you need safety eyewear under a face shield? Robert came into work one early Monday morning, clocked in and grabbed his usual cup o’ joe and headed back to his stall. On his way there, his production manager stopped him and handed him a pair of safety glasses. He said, “This is overkill, boss. I wear my helmet with face shield when I’m welding and I have for 20 years ..read more

Evaluate the risk factors and choose the right safety eye wear! Let’s talk about those eyes. Eye injuries happen on the job somewhere close to the tune of 2,000 incidents a day in the U.S. And guess what, 40% of workers who had an eye injury at work were wearing eye protection! Well, that’s just insane. Want to know the secret behind keeping your workers safe? Buy them the right safety eye wear for the job. Here are a few tips to make it easier ..read more

So the question is —does it really matter if safety glasses or goggles actually fit the person wearing them? Now take a minute and really think about. We’ll wait. Hopefully it didn’t take too long to think that one through. We are talking about the face and eyeballs here. You’re damn straight, it’s important that you supply your workers with protection that fits them. What’s the point of providing inefficient protection? You’re not protecting workers and it’s not really saving your budget? It’s all fun and games until you get a stick in the eye… and a lawsuit on your shoulders. D ..read more