articleWith 53 deaths and more than 11,000 injuries in 2008/09, construction is one of Britain’s most dangerous industries, and it goes without saying that health and safety should be a key priority for all working in the sector.
productThe Blood Pressure Association is encouraging organisations to highlight their occupational health services by taking part in Know your Numbers! Week – the charity’s nationwide blood pressure testing event.
productSpecsavers Corporate Eyecare is offering a free guide to Safety Eyewear. The publication has been written for health and safety managers who need to understand the intricacies of selecting the correct safety eyewear for staff.
productMaltron ergonomic keyboards are a
means of preventing keyboardinduced
RSI and enabling those
stricken by this crippling condition
to return to full-time work. The
latest addition to the Maltron range
is the flat Finger
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
productWith the current trend for
computers and computer
peripherals, including keyboards, to
become obsolete in a few years,
Maltron has bucked the trend with a
user report that one of its anti-RSI
keyboards is in full workin
productSarah Wald was having major
problems as a result of using a
conventional flat keyboard to access
her computer system and was
recognised as suffering from RSI. She
then transferred to a Maltron fully
ergonomic keyboard a
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