Health & Safety Matters

Mud and snow tyres now mandatory on drive axles in Germany

UK and Ireland-based operators travelling to or through Germany are now required to have M+S tyres fitted to drive axles during snowy and icy conditions following a revision to the existing law in the European country…

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Deadline approaches for entry into 2011 RoSPA Awards

Businesses and organisations wishing to enter the 2011 RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards have just one week left in which to submit their entries…

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Step change in safety commits to 50 per cent reduction in oil and gas leaks

In a move to drive further reductions in the number of accidental hydrocarbon releases in the UK oil and gas industry, companies have committed jointly to cut leaks on their offshore installations by 50 per cent over the next three years…

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Consultants invited to sign up to new benchmark register for health and safety

Health and safety consultants are being invited to sign up to a new independent register that is intended to become a benchmark for standards in the profession…

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Staying aware

Most companies will be aware that
any system that operates above the
flash point of the thermal fluid falls
under the “Dangerous Substances
and Explosive Atmosphere”
(DSEAR) Regulations 2002.

However what some compani

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Power within the hour

Power support company,
shentongroup is ensuring that
essential services keep functioning at
Northern Ireland’s Wilson Group
Nursing Home’ Larne Care Home
should a powercut occur with
standby power provided by the
Power

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New catalogue

The 2011 catalogue from BOC, is
now out with more than 500 new
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) lines,
including G-Tecta
portable gas detectors,
3M Versaflo Powered Air
Respirators, the Ryval
welding helmet, MSA
s

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Consultancy offering

Arco has extended its customer
offering in safety management
services with the acquisition of ARC
Associates UK (ARC), a UK safety,
health and environmental
consultancy and training
organisation. ARC Safety Services
wi

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Domino theory updated

Managing director of British Safety
Services (BSS), Pat McLoughlin,
has added a 6th domino to the
classic 5 Domino Theory by
unveiling BSS’ new idea on
accident and incident causation.

The traditional 5 worked on the

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Ingress protection 66

Leading rupture disc manufacturer
Elfab has been awarded an Ingress
Protection (IP) rating of 66 for its
ATEX-approved burst detection
system, Flo-Tel+.

Flo-Tel+ is said to be the only
non-invasive, fail-safe detectio

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