productEvacusafe will be showcasing a new
evacuation product at IOSH 2013,
ExCel, London, 26-27 February. The
Home Emergency Transit Chair has
been designed for the domestic
market, for use in people’s homes
where perhaps they have a disabled or
immobile relative who may require
assistance getting up and down stairs.
productBirmingham-based Evac+Chair
International has become the main
UK distributor for CardiAid
Automated External Defibrillators.
productIn this occasional series of insights from the insurance industry, Jim Wilkes explains
the likely changes to criminal and civil law that those involved in workplace risk
controls must know
productBirmingham-based Family Housing
Association is helping to reduce
potential risk to its lone working,
front-line staff by contracting with
Connexion2 for its award winning
and ACPO ‘Secured by Design’
accredited Identicom lone worker
device (LWD).
“The safety of our staff is of
paramount importance to us and we
have therefore made Identicom part
of our health and safety policy,” said
information systems manager Baz
Patel. “We decided we needed a more
robust system than we were
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productThrough policy review, risk
assessment, training tailored to job
roles and post implementation
evaluation, conflict management
specialist Maybo helps organisations
to incorporate robust workplace
violence reduction strategies into their
health and safety culture.
product
articleSignificant changes on how the self-employed are covered in health and safety law are afoot, but Roger Bibbings of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has some concerns
productOften, traditional first aid training
only demonstrates procedures to
carry out in the event of loss of
breathing or circulation, bleeding,
broken bones, asthma, etc. The
syllabus may mention chemicals,
generally in the context of ingestion
or burns to the skin, but very little is
taught about first aid following other
chemical exposures.
productEvacusafe has launched a new safety
product, specifically designed for use
in the home. The Home Emergency
Chair is a transport chair designed to
assist family members in the home,
who may require assistance to exit
the house in an emergency, such as a
fire, due to mobility issues such as
disability, illness or other medical
conditions.
productSpecsavers Corporate Eyecare and
the Driving Instructors Association
are joining forces to improve the
eyecare of driving instructors and
their students. From February,
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare will
provide
Premium
Club
vouchers to
all 12,000
individual
and
corporate
members of
the Driving
Instructors
Association (DIA), entitling them
and their families to discounts on
glasses. The initiative aims to
improve the eyecare and, therefore,
the safety of the DIA members by
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