Protect your team’s mental health, urges HSE
MARKING WORLD Mental Health Day 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) urges employers to go beyond raising awareness and take practical steps to prevent work-related stress.
MARKING WORLD Mental Health Day 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) urges employers to go beyond raising awareness and take practical steps to prevent work-related stress.
A MIDDLESBOROUGH man has been given a suspended prison sentence after carrying out illegal gas work.
THE ANNUAL RS Connect event is almost upon us, and with a focus on health and safety this year, professionals in this space won’t want to miss it.
For over 40 years SKC Ltd, based in Dorset, have specialised in the manufacture and supply of air sampling equipment, kits, media and accessories for personal and static sampling, for the measurement and monitoring of exposure to dust and vapours in the workplace, as well as for environmental sampling. We provide: Practical one-day training courses … SKC Limited
Air sampling is generally carried out to ensure that workplace or environmental air is meeting regulatory standards and to help Occupational Hygiene and Health & Safety professionals assess employee exposure to airborne hazards.
At SKC we can provide you with the kit to suit your needs, along with any required sampling media such as filters, sorbent tubes, and sample bags.
SKC has re-designed its website www.skcltd.com with detailed information on its extensive product range, along with downloadable guidance and technical support.
There was a rise of 3.3% in total reported physical assaults on NHS staff from 57,830 in 2010/11 to 59,744 in 2011/12.
Excessive exposure to lead has been a long-recognised health hazard, and the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (CLAW) must be adhered to. Until the early 1960s white lead (lead carbonate/lead sulphate) was added in substantial quantities as the main white pigment in paint products, intended for use as a primer or top coat over metal and wood. It could therefore be applied to any surface up to this date and even later.
In the enclosed environment of many workplaces there is a danger of exposure to high levels of airborne particulates which can cause a variety of respiratory diseases.
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