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Finger friendly

Stafford-based P C D Maltron has
announced a major order from
Turkey for 350 of its special-needs
keyboards comprising 70 sets of five
different keyboards.

Each set of five comprises singlehanded
keyboards for left-ha

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Counting 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.

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Rationalising 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).

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Breakthrough 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.

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Lack of adequate stress support

Research 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

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Emergency 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

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Key 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

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RoSPA 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

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Health 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.

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In-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

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