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Get to know the MSA ALTAIR 4XR Multi-gas Detector

Total Safety and MSA are teaming up to offer rugged, reliable gas detection and our expert safety services to help make your worksite safer. MSA is a global leader in the design and manufacture of connected portable and fixed gas detection sensors that are customizable to meet the requirements of any jobsite challenge when it comes to gas detection and worker safety.

Total Safety’s experts are ready to help you select the right MSA single and/or multi-gas detector for your jobsite, industry, and work environments. Our solutions experts make complex connected gas solutions simple, with – technical expertise, robust training, emergency planning, and onsite services so you know your workers are connected to a safety expert 24/7.

Renting from Total Safety is smart! Our MSA gas detection rental fleet is compliant, calibrated, and tested to ensure safe operation.  We have MSA gas detectors available immediately where you need it, when you need it.

MSA’s ALTAIR® 4XR Multi-gas Detector surpasses industry standards:

Rugged

  • Survives 25 drops from 1.2 meters (MIL-STD-810G Drop Test 3rd Party Certified)
  • Survives an incidental 7.5-m drop onto concrete
  • Dust- and waterproof IP68 rating (2 meters for at least 1 hour)
  • Operating temperature range: -40°C to +60°C

Reliable

  • 4-year instrument & sensor warranty
  • The integrated MotionAlert tells others that a user has become immobile
  • User-activated InstantAlert notifies others of a potentially dangerous situation
  • Confirm compliance quickly with the Bump LED & on-screen checkmark – visible also by the S+H expert from hygienic distance
  • Bump and calibrate with 1/2 the test gas and in 1/2 the time vs. industry average
  • Bump and calibrate at a specified “Time of Day” with your MSA GALAXY® GX2 Automated Test System
  • Online fleet management availability with Safety io Grid Fleet Manager

Real-time

  • Sense gas 2 times faster than the industry average with MSA’s XCell sensors
  • Quickly update MSA ALTAIR 4XR settings via the ALTAIR Connect app (available on the Google Play Store)
  • View live gas detector readings through Safety io grid live monitor locally on site or remotely

Learn More about MSA’s 4XR

 

 

 

 

Total Safety Expands to Enhance Workers Safety

Houston –  March 31, 2021)

To meet the growing demand of safety service solutions, Total Safety opens  new service centers- Benicia, CA, Signal Hill, CA, Shreveport, LA,   Denver, CO and Sulphur, LA.

All Total Safety locations are equipped with expert service capabilities serving the industrial sector including the rental, sales and service of:

Total Safety also offers customized safety services built around each customer’s specific requirements.

“We’re expanding to meet the needs of our customers. That’s always our first priority- to keep workers safe and companies in compliance,” said Paul Tyree, Total Safety Chief Commercial Officer

 Locations:

Benicia, CA
6240 Goodyear Road
Benicia, CA 94510
707.747.5879

Signal Hill, CA
2701 Junipero Avenue
Signal Hill, CA 90755
562.490.6800

Denver, CO
8312 Raspberry Way, Unit B-E
Fredrick, CO 80504
303.766.1501

Shreveport, LA
500 Flournoy Lucas Road, Building 5
Shreveport, LA 71106
318.671.8965

Sulphur, LA
3205 Metric Drive
Sulphur, LA 70665
337.708.2100

 

Find out more information about Total Safety and any of our industrial safety services & equipment by calling 888.328.6825 

Total Safety – …to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide®

Bailey and Ni Capture Low Scores in the Southern Texas PGA Bay Forest Junior Championship

golf-photo-2014Ryan Bailey and Grace Ni held the low scores for the overall boy and girl categories at the Southern Texas PGA’s Bay Forest Junior Championship, supported by Total Safety, on Oct. 11-12. Bailey finished with a score of 138 in the 15-18 boys category. Grace Ni finished with a score of 143 in the 13-15 girls category.

Other champions included Jason Bryant for the 13-14 year old boys and Madison Kidd for the 16-18 year old girls. They finished with scores of 152 and 150, respectively.

With participation growing exponentially every year, the STPGA was glad to have the addition of Total Safety as a supporting sponsor for the championship.

“It’s a great thing whenever we can get additional sponsors for our junior events, but to have a local Houston-based company like Total Safety join in on the Bay Forest Junior Championship, it’s even better,” said STPGA Director of Junior Golf Thomas Hutton of the initial partnership.

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Total Safety looks forward to working with STPGA in 2015.

 

Total Safety Acquires Z-Safety Systems

Houston, TX and Brussels, Belgium (July 25, 2014)

Z-Monitoring Patented Confined Safety System Deepens Total Safety’s Solutions Sets.
Total Safety, the leading international safety solutions provider, today announced it has acquired Z-Safety Systems (d/b/a Z-Monitoring), designer and engineer of the Z-Monitoring Centralized Confined Space Monitoring System, from Z-Group. Z-Monitoring developed the only globally patented system to safely monitor and communicate with confined space personnel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Full Story

Total Safety enjoys an afternoon of bowling for a good cause

Every year, Junior Achievement hosts a bowl-a-thon to raise funds for its mission: helping prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities

Each player was asked to raise $200 for Junior Achievement. Total Safety assisted toward that goal by donating $25 to each player and $25 to each team captain. Together, Total Safety raised $10,430 for Junior Achievement. Way to go!

Total Safety’s Houston area locations had a total of eleven teams participating in a fun-filled evening of bowling and whacky contests. Trophies were awarded for 1st-3rd place teams with highest scores and the best team costume. Prizes were awarded for the dance, karaoke and push-up contests. Everyone had their fill of pizza and fresh cookies.

  • 1st place trophy was awarded to the Bipolar Rollers:  team captain Sherri McNeill, Cesar Acosta, Michael Brasher, Heather Cornwell, Kacey Donaldson, Steve Self and Paul Ward
  • 2nd place trophy went to Steve Long’s team:  team captain Steve Long, Joshua Barnhill, Jamaal Landry, Jason Mulcare, Amanda Owen, and Pamela Owen
  • 3rd place trophy went to Tammy Cossey’s team:  team captain Tammy Cossey, Kristin Feril, Jon Mahan, David Watts and Mike Cossey
  • Best costume was awarded to the Spider Strikes:  team captain Shelby Denison, Lynn Aven, Joanna Calzada, Jennie Gutierrez, John Helms and Jennika Simmons

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Total Safety wins the 2013 Oil & Gas Awards: Consultancy of the Year for the Gulf Coast

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Total Safety Gulf Coast was named Consultancy of the Year by the Oil and Gas Awards – Gulf Coast. The Consultancy of the Year Award recognizes third party business consultancy services provided to E&P or midstream companies within the Gulf Coast region. Eligible service providers included commodity value forecasting, M&A advice, strategy, tax planning and corporate compliance consultancies operating directly with oil and gas clients in the Gulf Coast region.

Entries needed to present relevance to the operations and corporate strategy of the Gulf Coast’s leading E&P and midstream firms, demonstrable expertise in their given field, successes including details and examples of collaborative achievements and measurable value to the client, and outstanding corporate citizenship including details of corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Total Safety Celebrates Safety Day 2014

Krysta's Karing Angels displays cars involved in drunk driving incidents
Krysta’s Karing Angels displays cars involved in drunk driving incidents

Dear Total Safety Employees and Friends,

Total Safety employees around the world came together at their local offices on Jan. 18 to celebrate Safety Day.  In fact, about 3,000 Total Safety employees assembled in 10 different countries within a 24-hour time period, in a very well-orchestrated and global event.  From Dubai to North Dakota, South Africa to Australia more than 50 Total Safety locations held meetings covering a variety of safety topics.  I will take you though some of my observations at the events that I attended, below.

Our strategy as a company is centered on delivering unmatched EHS performance for our clients.  This involves the mitigation of health, safety and environmental risks that our clients have in their hazardous locations, worldwide.  We do this by having the best people in the business, the best equipment, innovative processes and a broad set of service offerings.   We also execute against this strategy by setting a great example.  On our Safety day, we had something to celebrate as a group — in 2013 we set a world-class example.  In fact, 96% of our locations operated without a recordable incident (as defined by OSHA), and our global Total Recordable Incident Rate finished the year at 0.26 – truly a world-class figure.  While our goal will always be ZERO (and we will get there…), the results in 2013 are a fantastic step in that direction.  Thanks to all of you for remaining diligent, thinking ahead and staying safe.

On Safety Day, I had the opportunity to participate in two of our events in the Houston area and have been pleased to hear of other successful local celebrations. It is nice to re-energize ourselves around our mission and to learn more about staying safe on and off the job.

Corporate Hosts First Safety Day

This was the first Safety Day for our corporate group. Our event was exciting with more than 150 people on hand to hear important presentations about the dangers of drinking and driving as well as safety around the home.

The message, entitled “Save a Life, Don’t Drive Drunk,” was delivered by our Accounts Payable Supervisor Terri Rodriguez and her husband, Mark. Terri and Mark founded Krysta’s Karing Angels to honor their daughter, Krysta, who was killed Feb. 11, 2010 at the age of 22 when the car she was a passenger in was struck broadside by a drunk driver. It was a painful testimonial to hear from a co-worker but a critical message to share with all.

Many of the members of KKA also attended and three of the survivors brought the wreckage of their loved one’s cars, all killed in drunk driving crashes. The stories were shocking but served an important purpose — to heighten awareness of just how tragic drunk driving can be.

Also attending was Head of Vehicular Crimes Division of Harris County Alison Baimbridge who spoke about the penalties for driving drunk in Houston.

Our thanks go out to the KKA volunteers who helped make our event memorable: Mark and Terri’s surviving children Krista, Dannielle and Eric; Stefanie Rhoades Zepeda, who pulled her mom’s car (Tammy Rhoades, killed 01-02-12 by drunk driver); Ross Jones, who pulled his daughter Emily’s truck (18-years-old, killed in March, 2011); Cody Lewis, a firefighter who pulled the other DWI fatality truck; and Kelsey Cornelius and Total Safety’s Shelby Denison, who ran the popcorn and snow cone machines.

Safety Day Mood Swing

Total Safety SVP Stenning Schueppert then lightened the mood with his humorous observations on what NOT to do at home if you want to stay safe. Prizes were distributed for the right safety answers. Afterward, we all went on a hunt with Spot the Safety Dog to find dangerous safety situations throughout the office.

Corporate Safety Day was quite a success. In addition to those already mentioned, others who helped make the Safety Day at corporate a great event were Amy Brast, Debbie Krolczyk, John Helms, Aaron Little, Javier Martinez, Kevin Croteau, Will Cruickshank and Jahvet Thomas.

On to Pasadena

About midway through the day, I drove to Pasadena to join our Safety Day events there, already in progress. It was another excellent event. Activities included guest speakers, hazard recognition exercises, team building activities, service recognition and site safety recognition.  The event, held at the Pasadena Convention Center, was attended by more than 300 employees representing Malone, LaPorte, 16 branches of Rental and Compliance, EH&S and H2WR.

Guest speakers included Sam Smolik of LyondellBasell who commended Total Safety for the progress it has made in the Zero Direction; Bill Shaw of Evergreen Industrial whose topic was See It, Own It, Solve It; Marcos Pereira Munguia who gave a personal testimony about the dangers of Texting while Driving; and Les Rucker of Valero who spoke about a Caring Culture and how it requires courage, commitment, compassion and competence. We are very fortunate to have such loyal and dedicated customers that they will give up part of their weekend to come address our group.

This highlights for me something very powerful about what we do.  We are all very fortunate to work in such an incredible industry, one that is dedicated to protecting workers’ safety and wellbeing.  The job that we do, every day, ensures the safety and wellbeing of thousands of workers around the world.  By their presence at our events, our customers are telling you just how thankful they are of the job that you do.  There are others that are thankful as well – the families of all of those workers, your families, your colleagues, your management team and me.  Thanks for everything you do for Total Safety and for our customer’s and each other.

Also, many thanks to the Safety Day Steering Committee including Terry Rimato, Scott Laughery, Paul Walker, April Bardwell, Libby Machalicek, Juliet Burton, Steve Beers, Margie Ruiz, Ricky Wagnon and Cheryl Dickerson.  The events were a great success and we really appreciate the countless hours and effort you put into the events.

Safety Activities around the World

We have received a wonderful slide presentation recapping the events in our MEAA region. Participating locations included offices in Dubai, Arabia, Qatar, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Cape Town, Australia and Iraq.

Attendees focused on recognizing hazards at home and work as well as participating in a hazard hunt. A safe driving presentation also included National Safety Council films for defensive driving and a briefing on local driving rules.

We would love to hear all about your local Safety Day celebrations. Please send photos and information to Cindy Landers who will publish a story on our round-the-world event in the next edition of SafetyLine.

Thank you all for participating, and many thanks to Steve Long and his team for coordinating with individuals in our local offices to ensure this successful global event.

Think Ahead, and Stay Safe.

Troy

Total Safety Recognized as Operational Consultancy of the Year by Oil & Gas Awards

November 6, 2013—Houston, TX—Total Safety has been recognized as the Operational Consultancy of the Year by the Oil & Gas Awards. The award demonstrates and celebrates advances made in key areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility, health and safety.

Total Safety recently achieved two million non-recordable hours in its Fire Services team and one million in its European division.  These efforts help define and support Total Safety‘s commitment to a strong safety culture.

In addition, the company has VPP-Star status at seven locations, with twenty-eight additional locations in the process of preparing for VPP Star status.  VPP sites evolve into models of excellence and influence practices industry-wide. VPP is an OSHA-sponsored volunteer program, promoting effective worksite-based safety and health.

The Oil & Gas Awards recognize outstanding achievement made within the upstream and midstream sectors of the oil gas industry. They are nominated and judged by a panel of oilfield service employees, community stakeholders, independent experts, and respected industry veterans.

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About Total Safety

Total Safety, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, is the world’s premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management. It operates from 142 locations in 20 countries to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide (W3). For more information about Total Safety and its unwavering commitment to safety, visit www.totalsafety.com.

 

For additional information, contact:

Cindy Landers, Media Relations

tsmarketing@totalsafety.com

Office 713.353.7167