Health & Safety Matters

Inspiring start to wellbeing initiative

Local Olympics hopeful, Daniel
Keatings, launched Northamptonbased
Opus Energy’s new workplace
wellbeing campaign, ‘Opus Energise’,
this week, with an inspiring and
motivational talk to employees.

Having secured a ‘Fi

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Toyota becomes official partner of EU-OSHA

Building on the success of the
EU-OSHA Safe Maintenance
Campaign in 2010 and 2011 Toyota
Material Handling has extend its
relationship with
EU-OSHA as elected sponsor of the
new campaign ‘Working Together
for Risk Prev

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Call for award entries open

After celebrating the 10th
edition of the annual DuPont
Safety Awards in Istanbul,
Turkey last year, DuPont has
announced it will broaden the
awards’ scope to include
sustainability.

The new 2013 DuPont
Safety and S

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Changes to product standards

David Lummis looks at the introduction of new ISO global standards and the
implications for UK manufacturers and purchasers

European Norm (EN) Standards formally enshrine how a
product should perform against known haza

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Embedded RFID

Manufacturer of chain components
and systems, RUD Chains has been
shortlisted for the British
Construction Industry Product
Innovation Award 2012 with its latest
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
Technology. RUD is on

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Selling the story of safety

Gil Madrid, vice president of global safe workplaces at Kimberly-Clark Professional
tells Georgina Bisby how a change in the way the company is servicing its customers
aims to empower safety managers and give them more leve

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How can you manage the safety of employees who drive for work?

RoSPA is contacted frequently by employers who have questions about driving for work. Duncan Vernon, road safety manager for England at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, (RoSPA) outlines some of the most common concerns and suggests what can be done to tackle them

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Stress tops reasons employers seek advice

Work-related stress is the most
common reason that leads employers
to seek occupational health advice, an
analysis of Department for Work and
Pensions (DWP)
statistics by Legal &
General has shown. An
analysis of reaso

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Soft at the knees

New from Redbacks is a non-foam
based safety kneepad which
memorises its original form without
reducing the cushioning effect from
consecutive or prolonged use.

In comparison to foam materials,
which provide cushionin

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Vaccination advised for welders

According to the Society of
Occupational Medicine,
welders and other workers
exposed to metal fumes
should receive a simple
vaccination that can
prevent serious lung disease
and even save lives. A new
review of the ev

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