articleThe human cost behind statistics
Dr Karen McDonnell, RoSPA’s occupational health and safety policy adviser, comments on the latest workplace fatality figures.
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articleThe rise of the sofa-desk
According to a new report 66% of UK workers take their work home at least twice a week and one in four suffer from a deskwork-related health problem. HSM examines this worrying trend.
articleTo the rescue!
Whether you require safe working at height (SWAH) training, PPE for high risk environments or fire safety products, a visit to this year’s Emergency Services Show could prove invaluable.
productGood for the sole
Walking on hard surfaces takes its toll on the body because hard flooring doesn’t absorb the impact created as we walk, instead our body has to, causing pain, discomfort and fatigue that affects our ankles, knees, hips and lower back.
articleWired for safety
One of the UK’s leading distributors of electrical test equipment and electrical wiring accessories, ISSWWW, fully supports the IET’s most recent changes to the IET 17th Edition Wiring Regulations – Amendment 3.
newsGovernment placing haulage firms at health and safety risk warns law firm
A law firm is calling on the Government to waive fines for haulage companies and drivers who find they are unwittingly transporting ‘clandestine entrants’ in their vehicles, until the escalating border control situation in Calais has been rectified.
newsSpotlight on electricians’ health as assessments raise concerns
Based on the health assessments of more than 700 electricians during the course of 2014, ECIS, the employee benefits company for the construction sector, has revealed many of those working in the profession are facing worrying lifestyle-related health risks.
articleSee danger, speak up…
From 1 September 2015, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) will be running its ambitious, month long safety campaign – Safetember.
productSafety hazard warning
New research, commissioned by safety charity Electrical Safety First, suggests that landlords and letting agents may be putting their student tenants’ lives at risk, by failing to fix serious safety hazards.
productSafer welding
Recognising the risk to health posed by the radio toxic red tipped thoriated tungsten electrodes that are in wide use in the welding industry, Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT have developed MultiStrike Tungsten Electrodes that are free from the potentially harmful thoria.
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