productAIR SAMPLING, noise and vibration specialist Casella has launched its advanced and lightweight low flow pump, the VAPex. The elite low flow pump has a flow rate of 20mL to 500mL/min and is the ideal solution for measuring and employee’s exposure to vapours and gases.
productIN THE UK, workers required to wear respiratory protection are also required to pass an annual respirator fit test.
newsA STONE masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis.
news3M HAS announced it has received a binding offer from Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, to purchase 3M’s gas and flame detection business for $230 million, subject to closing and other adjustments.
newsA STAFFORDSHIRE gas fitter has been jailed after gas work he performed at a domestic premise was left in a dangerous condition.
newsA CONSTRUCTION company and its director have been fined after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos during demolition work.
articleProviding protection against potential respiratory hazards is essential, and employers need to make sure they get it right. George Elliott offers a four-step approach to choosing the right respiratory protective equipment (RPE).
articlePlanning is the key to ensuring your health and safety arrangements really work and in the latest webinar from Southalls Ian Hatherly, Richard Denton, Sarah Leake and Caroline Lee looked at COSHH, asbestos and legionella, outlining challenges that their clients face today in terms of the increased focus on health and safety this year.
newsA SELF-EMPLOYED gas fitter has been jailed after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely pretending to be Gas Safe registered. Marc Murrie misled homeowners on several occasions by claiming to be Gas Safe Registered when he was not.
newsTHE BRITISH Safety Council has launched a report ‘Impact of air pollution on the health of outdoor workers’ which provides compelling evidence to recognise ambient air pollution as an occupational health hazard in Britain.
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