Spotlight on electrical safety
Working around electricity has its dangers. Here, Ian Thorp provides an insight into the precautions you can take to reduce the risk of injury.
Working around electricity has its dangers. Here, Ian Thorp provides an insight into the precautions you can take to reduce the risk of injury.
Understanding the importance of arc rated and weatherproof personal protection equipment (PPE) for electrical engineers and people in the power supply industry need not be a minefield. Here Jonas Andersson guides you through the important things to consider for end users exposed to the risk of an electric arc and the elements.
THREE COMPANIES have been fined a total of £600,000 after an engineer was fatally electrocuted while repairing an appliance in a hospital kitchen.
A FARM has been fined £60,000 following the death of a father-of-three who was electrocuted by an overhead power line.
GUARANTEEING ELECTRICAL safety around industrial sites is essential. Additionally, valuable production time is often lost when power to equipment has failed, or switchgear requires a reset after an overload.
THE MOTHER of a seven-year-old boy who died after being electrocuted in a pub beer garden is urging the hospitality sector to make sure their outdoor electrical equipment is safe.
SERIOUS HEALTH and safety breaches were found by inspectors at 20 hand car wash businesses in West Sussex and Kent.
THE SAFETY of foodservice equipment engineers has been in the spotlight recently as a result of tragic events. Now the Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA) has published the results of its timely survey of foodservice engineers.
ANDREW SIMPSON explains the importance of maintaining the measurement accuracy of test instruments.
AN INVERNESS company has been fined after a surveyor died from injuries caused by an electrical explosion.
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