productHigh spec safety harness
MSA Safety’s V-FORM is a new high-specification and competitively priced fall protection harness that carries a ten-year lifespan.
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articleFork lift workers are not immune from falls
Falls, slips and trips account for more than a third of all UK workplace injuries, with fork lift truck drivers and warehouse staff ranking highly among them. HSM examines the facts, and provides advice for supervisors, drivers and all employees who work alongside fork lift trucks.
articleFlooring: Reducing the risk of slips
To ensure a safe and productive working environment within an industrial facility it is important to reduce the risk of liquids and spillages turning into on-site slip hazards that could lead to painful and costly accidents. Flowcrete Group explains how appropriate flooring can play its part.
productThree-points-of-contact rule
Mentor FLT Training is urging fork lift truck operators and those responsible for site safety to take care when mounting and dismounting lift trucks by following one simple rule: keep three-points-of-contact.
productNASC 2017 Safety Report Launch
The NASC has published its highly-regarded 2017 Safety Report documenting and analysing accident and injury statistics for its full contracting members in 2016 – representing over 17,000 UK scaffolding operatives, which constitutes a significant percentage of the total British scaffolding workforce.
newsCompany fined after the death of worker
North East contractor Pyeroy has been fined due to failings in its work at height rescue planning.
newsRoofing company fined after worker fell through a roof
A London based roofing company has been fined after a 56-year old worker fell through two storeys onto a concrete floor.
productNew self-retracting lifeline
MSA Safety is launching its new V-TEC self-retracting lifeline (SRL).
productStaying ahead of the game
Zarges has provided tips on the right approach to ladders according to the new ladder standard EN 131-1 and 2.
articleFall protection and CDM: The vital questions you need to ask
Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations can often be viewed as little more than a ‘tick box exercise’. Fall protection specialist MSA Safety warns Chris Shaw that this attitude must change.
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