productMaintenance work is key to any organisation running a safe and reliable operation. If well-planned it can save time and money, and yet is often overlooked as an inconvenience and simply a disruption to normal service. To help change this, the Health and Safety Executive is leading Britain’s launch of a new safety initiative.
productConfined Space training usually requires a large proportion of practical content to enable operatives to gain competentance; this has made it difficult to conduct training at clients’ premises. Now Breathe Safety has announced the launch of a confined space and breathing apparatus training vehicle.
productWhen tool manufacturer, Hilti,
wanted to safeguard employees
working alone in retail
environments it selected Identicom
as part of a SoloProtect lone worker
protection solution from
Connexion2.
“We looked at other de
productMaltron ergonomically-designed
keyboards are now available through
a new website, www.maltronsales.
com. The keyboards come in a
two-handed version to safeguard
against RSI; for single handed use
right and left; for m
productWhen the Prime Minister announced the appointment of Lord Young to conduct a review of health and safety and to find ways to tackle compensation culture, I welcomed it on behalf of HSE as a great opportunity to highlight the gulf between the many myths about health and safety and the reality of preventing people being killed and injured by work activities.
articlePromotion of workforce involvement has been a key area for HSE since research showed that high levels of employee consultation in the management of health and safety risks were linked to a reduced number of incidents.
productFour boom lifts from the AFI-Uplift fleet were hired by Pyeroy Limited working on Tower Bridge.
articleThe HSE is currently looking at changing the period of absence that triggers a RIDDOR report. Vikki Woodfine explains why continuing to record incidents is still crucial irrespective of the proposed changes
productShowers & Eyebaths Services
has designed an emergency
shower capable of providing
up to 30 minutes of tepid
water drenching time in order
to handle the complexities of
chemical spill contamination
of an operative’s clo
productPotters Heron Hotel, part of
Pebble Hotels, has contracted
with the shentongroup’s
emergency generator service,
Powercall, to provide ‘power
within the hour’ as part of its
emergency and business
continuity planning. O
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