articlen 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).
productFollowing 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.
productResearch by Legal & General using
Department for Work and Pensions
statistics and reports has revealed
that less than a fifth of employers are
taking adequate steps to provide
support for stressed employees,
despite str
productHughes 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
productHaving 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
productThe 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
articleA 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.
productA 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
productHoping 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
productSafeTIC, 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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