Industrial Equipment Catalog - 5 Alarm Fire and Safety Equipment

Voice of the CustomerAt MSA, we are connected to our customersNew Yorkers use a lot of water, about a billiongallons a day. It‘s piped into the city throughtunnels from reservoirs in upstate New York.Construction of a new tunnel began in 1970,eleven years before Jason Jonker was born.Thanks to his V-Gard® Protective Cap there’s agood chance he’ll be around when it’s donein 2013.Jason is helping Skanska, a global civilcontractor, build the Croton Water Filtrationplant in the Bronx. When it’s finished, it willprocess about 20% of New York City’swater supply.While stripping concrete forms from a newlypoured floor, a worker on a scissor lift bumpedan unsecured Z-beam.The 50-pound beam fell and struck the back ofJason’s helmet.“He needed a few stitches,” said MichaelCaterina, Skanska’s Site Safety Manager, “butthe hard hat absorbed much of the blunt force,lessening the severity of the injury.”Skanska has one of the best safety records in theworld. Angelina, Jonathon, and Martinianomake suspensions that help industrial helmetsabsorb impact forces.Juan Zamora (left) and Stephanie Green didn’tthink of themselves as detectives until Zamorafound a diamond and ruby ring in an OptimAir®TL Powered Respirator hood box. He and Greenset in motion a cross-country investigation thatended happily in MSA/Jacksonville.Zamora suspected that the ring must havecome from MSA’s factory in North Carolina. Hegave the ring to Green for safekeeping. Greengave it to Plant Management, who gave it tothe Respiratory Protection Program Manager,who gave it to MSA's Paul Steiger.The ring belonged to Naida Drews and was agift from her sister. Naida hadn’t seen it sinceDecember when it must have slipped off herfinger as she sealed boxes.Returning the ring had special significance. Agroup from Hanford visited Jacksonville a fewmonths earlier to discuss ways to improve theOptimAir TL PAPR.They got to know the MSA associates whomake the products they rely on every day.“It became much more meaningful to them totry to find the owner of the ring,” said MaryFaulkner, Quality Manager at MSA Jacksonville,“they actually met many of the associates whoworked on the OptimaAir PAPR productionline—so it became more personal to them.”4www.MSAnet.com • 1-800-MSA-2222Questions or Comments?www.facebook.com/MSATheSafetyCompany