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Safe loading and unloading

Slightly over a third of MEWP-related incidents reported by UK rental companies involve delivery drivers. What are the most common pitfalls to avoid and how can delivery drivers keep safe?

Managing director of Derbyshire-based Thermal Fluid Solutions (TFS), Richard Franklin, explains why companies with hazardous work conditions need to adopt a continuous risk assessment and management programme, and how doing so can save money as well as lives.

Managing confined spaces

For many years the conundrum faced by many in the construction industry was ‘how do we deal with entering and working in confined spaces safely’. In order to help address these anomalies, legislation specifically focused on confined spaces was enacted in 1997. However, the day to day issues associated with these spaces still exist and are analysed further by Captain Michael Lloyd, marine consultant at MRS Training and Rescue.

Driving a forklift into a potentially explosive atmosphere

Thousands of businesses rely on explosion protected forklifts to move raw materials and products within hazardous areas where even the smallest spark could cause an explosion. Darren Boiling, group after sales manager from safety company Pyroban explains what drivers and managers need to do to stay safe in these hazardous working conditions.

Technology: A positive change

How technology has become a ‘good virus’, underpinning powerful improvements in health and safety culture by Matthew Elson, CEO of SHE Software.

The Breathe Freely Campaign

The HSM Campaign Hub provides you with information on the latest health & safety initiatives and how you can get involved. This issue, we examine the BOHS’ Breathe Freely Campaign. Tracey Boyle, president of BOHS, the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection, explains how the Breathe Freely message has been gaining traction since its launch, and why safeguarding the lungs of the nation’s workers is so crucial to achieving a healthy working environment for everyone.

Eyecare: are your workers covered 100%?

If there is a need for safety eyewear in a particular area of the factory floor, for a particular role, safety managers are erring on the side of caution and making the entire factory floor a safety eyewear zone. Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare suggests that this precaution has an impact on the procurement of safety eyewear.

Metal storage guidance updated

The Health & Safety Executive has published the second version of HSG246 Safety in the storage and handling of steel and other metal stock. The guidance covers storage of metal stock, lifting and handling, as well as transportation of metal on the road. So how does this affect you?

“Anyone can sell Safety but you wouldn’t buy Safety from anyone”

The BSIF is dedicated to eliminating non-compliant, unsafe, counterfeit and illegal safety products from the UK market and provide a quality assurance scheme for the purchase of genuine PPE that will help to keep people safe and healthy at work.

BSIF co-produces guidance with British Standards Institute

In the first exercise of its kind the British Safety Industry Federation and the British Standards Institute (BSI) have published a joint guidance document for the PPE market.

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