productThe AVIVA is the latest half mask from Scott Safety, a designer and manufacturer of respirators and personal protective equipment. Ensuring worker comfort and wellbeing are priorities, and the half mask’s low-profile head harness is said to offer greater stability and compatibility with safety helmets and eye protection.
productNCL Innovation, the UK’s early stage technology investor, is leading a funding round for start-up Alert Technology. It is helping the company to take its technology – which is designed to save lives through real time detection of airborne asbestos – from concept through to commercial success.
productLucion Services is bringing its two consultancy divisions together. Under the new arrangements Salbrook Vance, a provider of strategic hazardous material management consulting, will be merged with construction safety specialists Innov8 Safety Solutions.
newsBarroerock Construction has been fined after repeated asbestos failings.
productAlert Technology, a South Devon based business, celebrated the successful first close in their first investment round of c.£700,000 at the end of 2016 and are now looking to top up this investment with a lift round on SyndicateRoom.com.
productScott Safety has enhanced its Phantom Vision power assisted respirator to offer an improved user experience.
productAsbestos is still a growing concern for the UK, with many people googling their apprehensions daily.
productRisk management and occupational safety company Lucion Services has launched a campaign to highlight the hazards of asbestos containing materials in schools.
productAsbestos is a deadly material that was used widely in construction, but it’s use was restricted and ultimately banned in the UK outright in 1999. But it still remains in many older constructions and buildings, and the fine fibrous minerals can be the cause of such diseases as asbestosis, lung cancers, and non-malignant pleural disease to those that come into direct contact.
productThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reviewing the frequency of medical examinations for workers carrying out licensed work under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012). Chris Parr, assurance director at Lucion Services examines what this means for you.
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