articleSOLID PARTICLES, often referred to as ‘dust’, can pose a significant threat to the health and safety of workers in industrial and manufacturing environments. These microscopic particles can lead to a range of serious health problems, from respiratory illnesses to cancer. Steve Marnach explores the dangers of workplace dust exposure and outlines steps to mitigate these risks.
articleWhile the fall risks associated with working at height are well-documented, the less immediately apparent yet equally significant threat of chemical exposure often exists alongside them. Choosing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that effectively addresses both hazards involves a nuanced balance of material compatibility, ergonomic considerations, and performance demands, says Steve Marnach.
newsPRACTICAL GUIDANCE designed to ensure employers across all sectors provide staff with personal protective equipment (PPE) that fits, regardless of gender, ethnicity, body shape, age, or disability, has been issued in a long-awaited move designed to help struggling sectors retained skilled workers and ultimately enhance people’s safety at work.
newsA SECOND company has been fined after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into high-hazard infectious agents.
newsTHE BUILDING Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association (TICA) have joined forces to warn that operatives often working for multi-trade firms are putting lives at risk by carrying out specialist work beyond their competence.
newsBSIF JOINS coalition calling for robust secondary legislation to support the Product Regulation and Metrology (PRAM) Act.
newsNEW RESEARCH from Peoplesafe suggests concerns are being ignored while mental health suffers and productivity wanes.
newsTHREE-QUARTERS of noisy workplaces lacked essential knowledge on maintaining hearing protection equipment, inspections have found.
newsUK EMPLOYEES were off sick for nearly two full working weeks (9.4 days) on average in the last 12 months. This is a significant jump compared to pre-pandemic levels (5.8 days), and 7.8 days in 2023 when this survey was last carried out.
newsIN SUPPORT of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September 2025, Pirtek UK & Ireland is urging leaders across engineering, construction and the industrial sectors to take meaningful action on mental health – particularly among male workers in the hard hat industries.
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