Health & Safety Matters

Promoting sun safety

Deb and skin cancer
charity SKCIN are
working together to
promote sun safety. For
every Deb Sun Protect
product sold in the UK,
Deb will make a
charitable donation to
SKCIN.

Employers have a legal ‘duty of
care’ t

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Non contact detectors

Martindale Electric’s VT2 and VT3
non contact voltage detectors can
verify the presence of AC voltage at
outlets, switches, electrical panels,
wires and cables, reducing the
potential danger of working on a
live circuit

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Updated website

E2S has updated its web site and has
published a new 354 page handbook.

The site is structured in three main
cascading levels. The top offers the
application choice between hazardous
areas, fire and industrial applicat

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New facility

Environmental Scientifics Group
(ESG) has announced that its new
laboratory in South Derbyshire has
been officially opened by MP for
South Derbyshire, Heather Wheeler.

The new facility offers testing and
analysis as w

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Sharps disposal service

COBA Europe, manufacturer of
Moving Edge safety knives and
supplier of SharpSafe Bins, is
offering a Sharps Bin Waste
Disposal Service to customers
who use all brands of safety
knives.

This service
complies with
cu

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Umbrella passport scheme enjoys success

A safety passport and competency profiling scheme is
said to be raising standards in hazardous industries
while helping organisations cut costs

HSM first reported on the EMSS
scheme in 2009. Since then
Essential Mini

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Asbestos maintenance and removal

The release of a guidance note concerning compliance
with The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, shows the
seriousness of the HSE’s approach to enforcement of duty
holders’ asbestos management duties, says Myles Levy

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Sander with damping

The GEX 125-150 AVE
Professional sander from
Bosch provides an
impressive sanding
removal rate
whilst reducing the
unpleasant effects of
vibration on the user.

According to Bosch, the tool puts an
end to ‘hand buzz

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Safety lamps

Thompson Primary School has taken
steps to improve safety for both staff
and pupils by fitting GlassGuard
BlackBand coated fluorescent lamps
and new IP65 fixtures.

From this installation of 22
GlassGuard IP65 T5 fixtu

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New range on show

Fireco’s stand E20 at International
Firex will feature its latest
products.

These will include the new
Freedor, Dorgard X, DMS and
Deafgard.

Also featured will be the
company’s Architectural
Ironmongery product ra

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