productCounting the costs of safety failings
It’s well recognised that good health and safety is good business. But some firms may seek to gain short-term competitive advantage by cutting corners and putting workers and the public at risk.
product
articleRationalising RIDDOR – what a difference four days make
n a move that has been widely anticipated, the HSE has confirmed its backing for Lord Young’s proposal to increase the employee absence threshold before a work related injury becomes reportable under the Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR).
productBreakthrough against H1N1
Following months of rigorous testing by BioCote, which has been independently supported by virologists at the University of Warwick, research shows that materials treated with its unique antimicrobial technology can effectively wipe out the deadly H1N1 influenza virus.
productEmergency showers
Hughes Safety Showers,
together with its German
subsidiary Hughes Notduschen,
will be showing a wide range of
Emergency Showers and
Eyebath/facewash units at A+A
2011.
The stand will
include a range of
products wit
productKey to recovery
Having worked with a keyboard for
fifty years, Bill Bordass started to
develop symptoms of RSI with
conventional keyboards becoming
“increasingly uncomfortable” to use.
This was compounded by a fall
which damaged both
productRoSPA tracks trends in training
The Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents
has brought its moving and
handling training up to date
with the introduction of an
electronic device that helps
trainees adopt – and keep –
good manual handling
habit
articleHealth and Safety Made Simple
A worker loses three fingers in a machine at a paper works Another breaks his back and fractures his skull after falling from a roof while replacing cement sheets. And an elderly resident’s possessions become contaminated with asbestos during renovation work at sheltered housing.
productIn-cab weigh display
A wireless in cab display showing
weighbridge weight is helping Craven
Grain Storage maximise the loading
of outbound vehicles. The Avery
Weigh-Tronix solution has halved
the manpower, increased the speed
and accuracy o
productAFI in the zone
Hoping to reduce deaths and
injuries, AFI-Uplift has launched
two major initiatives to improve
safety for operators of Mobile
Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs).
Firstly, it is introducing Smart
Zone, a Smart Card reade
productEnables swift response to heart attacks
SafeTIC, provider of innovative
technologies for protecting access,
goods and people, has launched
DOC, the first Connected
Operational Defibrillator, to the UK
market. Designed to help save lives,
this leading-edge tec
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