Health & Safety Matters

Don’t be in for a shock

Jim Wallace of Seaward explains how test technology is
helping to maintain the safety of electrical appliances in
the workplace and offers some pointers on how to select
a PAT tester that is right for the job

The dang

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Versatile sensitivity

The W9-3 photoelectric proximity
sensor launched by SICK (UK) is
designed for optimum detection
capability in the harshest industrial
environments. As well as an 800mm
maximum range, and the best
possible background sup

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Extended PAT range

Electrical safety testing specialist,
Seaward, has upgraded and
expanded its range of specialist
instruments to provide ready-made
solutions for workplace portable
appliance testing (PAT).

The PrimeTest range is desig

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Making sense of machinery safety

On the first of January 2012 the machinery industry bid
farewell to the standard EN 954-1 and welcomed ENISO
13849. Helping machine users navigate these changes is
a collaboration between a group of machinery safety
exper

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Don’t work to outdated wiring regulations

UK electricians could be failing to
comply with the latest IET Wiring
Regulations, warns
the Institution of
Engineering and
Technology (the IET,
formerly the IEE).

The IET reports that as many as
76% of electricians

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Dangerous lesson

Robert Kitchener, MD of Blackburn
based PAT testing firm Kitchener
2000 is warning of the hidden
dangers that could be lurking in the
classroom, as the firm is finding
numerous faulty products are hitting
the market and

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Safe isolation app

Aiming to tackle the dangerous
practice of working on live
electrical systems, a ‘Safe Isolation’
app has been unveiled by safety
charity, the Electrical Safety
Council (ESC).

The ESC has based the Safe
Isolation app

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The golden thread

Human factors and the importance
of worker involvement have been
highlighted at ENA’s 23rd Annual
Safety, Health and Environment
conference as critical to delivering
ongoing improvement in health and
safety in the elect

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HSE guidance welcomed

The Association for Professional
Appliance Testing has welcomed
the HSE guidance document,
‘Maintaining portable electric
equipment in low risk
environments’.

A spokesperson for the
Association commented: “We
recogn

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LTE option added

Narda Safety Test
Solutions has equipped
its SRM-3006 frequency
selective field measuring
instrument with an LTE
option. The instrument
measures the
electromagnetic fields
emanating from LTE
wireless
communications

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