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BSIF in Action: BSIF Test and Certification Association

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The winners take it all

On 17 June, industry leaders and organisations gathered at what was a buzzing Safety & Health Expo, to find out the winners of this year’s BSIF Safety Awards. We caught up with the winners of the BSIF Safety Excellence Award and the Service Award in the afterglow of their successes.

An evolution in gas detection

Conor Twomey looks at developments in gas detection technology since the demise of the caged canary.

Let there be light

Replacing bricks and mortar with glass is an increasingly popular method of improving a building’s open space and light but what impact does this have on fire safety? Adrian Gallagher looks at how developments in the design of fire resistant glass is allowing light and space to be brought into buildings while maintaining maximum containment and fire protection.

Going to extremes

As the global search for oil, gas and other natural resources reaches increasingly inhospitable environments, contractors must source equipment that can withstand and operate reliably in extreme environmental conditions. Taking the example of safety showers Janet Dickinson looks at some of the environmental factors oil, gas and utility plants need to take into consideration when specifying their safety equipment.

Tacking the compliance challenge

For some construction firms, encouraging employees to comply with PPE regulations can be an uphill struggle. Tony Skelton lookS at how developments in the PPE market are helping to drive compliance in the construction industry.

Stand and deliver

Shock headlines around the negative effects of prolonged sitting have linked it to health conditions ranging from cancer to depression and likened it to smoking in terms of its potential impact on the nation’s health. Hyperbole or a serious emerging health issue? Catherine Christie gets to the bottom of of the problem of spending too much time on our behinds.

Time for the construction industry to ‘Think Health’

A recent HSE inspection drive to tackle occupation health on construction sites found on at least 13 occasions that site conditions were so poor work had to be stopped. The health and safety body shares some of the findings of the initiative and explains how it is working to ensure construction sites treat health issues as seriously as safety.

Every breath you take: Preventing occupational asthma

Even though the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) statistics for 2012/13 have shown an overall decrease of occupational asthma cases in the UK over the past 10 years, there are still a relatively high number of new cases reported each year. Chris Beach, Chartered Occupational Hygienist and BOHS member puts occupational asthma under the spotlight.

Getting Respiratory Protection right

Present an employer with the problem of protecting staff from an airborne pollutant and the chances are their first thoughts will be to provide some sort of respiratory protective equipment (RPE), such as a dust mask. There is good reason for this. The “CE-marked” RPE available on the market meets certain legal minimum requirements for design and manufacture and, when properly worn, RPE can be a simple, portable means of reducing the amount of pollutants breathed in.

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