newsTHE OFFICE for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department of Business and Trade, has announced a new restriction on filtering facepiece (FFP) respirators held in place with ear loops.
articleGerard Wallace explains the challenges, best practices and legal backdrop when it comes to evacuating high-rise buildings.
newsENTITLED ‘RISKY Business’, the latest White Paper issued by Evac+Chair International notes that 25% of circa 500 UK SME business decision-makers don’t know how many disabled and mobility impaired individuals there are within their organisation.
productEVAC+CHAIR International will be showcasing its full range of evacuation chairs at The Health and Safety Event, which runs at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from 25-27 April.
articleA key element of any health and safety policy is to ensure that anyone with mobility issues can be safely evacuated from upper floors of buildings when lifts are out of action in an emergency. Gerard Wallace explains the legal backdrop and best practice.
productGES WALLACE, managing director of Evac+Chair International discusses the importance of inclusivity and providing evacuation for all.
newsA PAINTER and decorator has been fined after an employee stepped off a working platform and fell two and a half metres through the fragile roof of a carport.
newsA FITTER has been fined following a gas leak from a newly fitted range installed in a North Devon residential care home.
newsEDUCATION UNIONS, together with Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP, have written to Gavin Williamson urging the government to take firm action to improve ventilation in schools to reduce further Covid disruption.
newsA LONDON-based relocation and refurbishment company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from height.
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