newsThe RS health and safety survey is now open
RS IS asking health and safety professionals to share their views on the challenges the sector is facing in its Health and Safety survey 2024
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newsBSIF tests unveil non-compliant safety footwear
BRITISH SAFETY Industry Federation (BSIF) testing has revealed that a significant amount of safety footwear produced by non-members fails to perform as advertised.
newsHealth and Safety Matters Live Scotland – Next week
HEALTH AND Safety Matters Live Scotland, which is Scotland’s only dedicated occupational health and safety conference and exhibition, takes place next week on 16 November 2023.
productSnickers Workwear knee protection system
IT’S SAID that hard-working craftsmen and women put more pressure on their knees than many top athletes. That’s why the risk of knee injuries is far higher among trade professionals and manual workers than other occupations.
podcastHealth and Safety Matters Podcast – Episode 35
IN THIS episode, host Mark Sennett sits down with BSIF CEO Alan Murray to discuss the newly formed Occupational Safety & Health Stakeholder Alliance.
productChanging the rules on layering PPE
WHEN TOWER Supplies discovered a new way of creating a lightweight fabric for its range of arc flash protective clothing, the company soon realised it had the power to change the way we layer PPE.
productBodytrak unveils intrinsic safety solution
BODYTRAK HAS announced the launch of its wearable product: Bodytrak 1 IS.
articleAhead of the game
While the public recognises Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as being face masks, gloves, safety boots and eye safety wear, bizarrely head-worn sports protection is in some instances not regarded as PPE by players, coaches, parents, governing bodies, schools and clubs. Judith McMinn explores why head-worn protection in sport has until now been largely ignored as PPE, and how new, innovative, head-worn PPE can reduce brain injury, against sport’s growing global crisis over concussion and early-onset dementia.
productPPE that helps build a positive working environment
PROVIDING WORKERS with personal protective equipment that delivers on wearability can significantly improve compliance, safety and overall wellbeing
productHow do you solve the problem of uncomfortable chemical suits?
THE FACT is, chemical suits are uncomfortable to wear, with heat stress risk and lower productivity the inevitable result. So how can you provide workers the needed protection whilst giving them the comfort they deserve?
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