newsCheck telescopic gates for safety, users urged following accident
Owners and all those responsible for the operation of powered telescopic sliding gates are being urged to have their installations checked for safety.
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productMinimising fire risk
ISD Solutions has been contracted by Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) to provide fire walls and compartmentation for the new Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) facility, currently under construction for Essex Waste Partnership in Basildon.
newsAutoclave specialist convicted of corporate manslaughter
Failed autoclave specialist Sterecycle has been convicted of corporate manslaughter at Sheffield Crown Court, for the death of 42 year old worker Michael Whinfrey, following an explosion at the firm’s waste processing plant in January 2011.
newsWorkers at risk as 33% of SMEs experienced accidents in the past year
Nearly a quarter of owners of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) confess that they have nobody in their organisation with adequate health and safety training, and more than 50% of companies do not meet required standards, it’s been revealed.
newsHSE carrying out unannounced inspections
HSE inspectors are carrying out unannounced visits to sites where refurbishment projects or repair works are taking place.
productPower plant protection
Industrial safety specialist Castell is to supply interlocking systems to the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Phase II project under construction in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China.
newsSafety failings land scaffolding firm in court
A Carmarthenshire scaffolding company has been fined for safety failings that exposed workers to serious risks of injury from a fall.
news100+ accidents in five years at high security labs
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports published in the Guardian newspaper (Ian Sample, science editor, 5th December 2014) revealed that UK-based high-security laboratories that handle the most dangerous viruses and bacteria have reported more than 100 accidents or near-misses to safety regulators in the past five years.
productSEBO evoution ranges sets new standards
The SEBO Evolution range of upright vacuum cleaners is designed to provide effective, user-friendly cleaning and ongoing reliability.
newsMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust fined £180,000 after patient suffers debilitating burns from super-heated mattress
A sedated patient suffered a debilitating injury when a saline bag caused a warming mattress to reach temperatures high enough to cause full thickness burns, a court has heard.
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