The latest addition to uvex’s range of
hearing protection has been selected
as a finalist in this year’s BSIF
Innovation Awards. The uvex xactfit
makes ear plugs an individual fit
similar to that of left and right
handed gloves. The ergonomically
designed
stems and
the oval
foam pods
mimic the
shape and
contours of
the ear
canal
making the
fitting of
the uvex
xact-fit hygienic, convenient and
easy.
The non-foam based, Redbacks
safety kneepad from CL-7 will be on
display at Safety & Health Expo. The
kneepad maintains its
maximum cushioning effect
throughout consecutive or
prolonged use.
The versatile SweepEx push broom
system from Broadwood
International can sweep virtually
any material and fast, including fine
dust, grain, small stones and
pebbles, packaging scrap, metal
swarf, mud and even snow. It would
take five men hand sweeping an
hour but it takes one man with a
SweepEx five minutes, Broadwood
says. Simply attach a SweepEx
brush to the host vehicle, be it a
forklift, loader, telehandler,
skidsteer or tractor and away you
go. Whatever the industry, there are
Already installed on many sites
across the UK, Draintector from
Darcy offers a complete solution to
all spill prevention and protection
requirements by containing
firewater and other hazardous
liquids on-site. The Draintector,
which can be installed in a site’s
final outflow drain within a day, has
a multi-use capacity so when a site
has been declared safe the system
retracts and is ready for use again.
When in late 2011 Peterborough
Cathedral recognised that its fire
detection system was coming
towards the end of its life, Walsallbased
fire and security
solutions specialist
Lyrico Systems was
invited to visit and
outline
recommendations
centred on the
installation of a
Hochiki Europe
addressable fire
detection system.
Altro floors and walls have been used
in the award-winning Ferndene
Children and Young People’s Centre
in Northumberland to create a
healing environment that is visually
pleasing, as well as safe, hard-wearing
and hygienic. The purpose-built £25
million inpatient centre provides
assessment and treatment for young
people with complex health,
behavioural and emotional needs, as
well as those with learning disabilities.
Catherine Makison-Booth, research scientist at the Health and Safety
Laboratory, explains how measuring a manikin’s vomit is helping to
increase scientists’ understanding of contamination
It is accepted by many that washing
hands with warm water and soap,
and then drying with a single use
towel, removes germs and reduces or
even eliminates the potential for
germs to spread. But how do
organisations provide clean, dry
single use hand towels to workers,
when there is no room for a
dispenser, or someone is never in the
same place twice? The New Katrin
Easy Pack offers a solution.
Heating or chilled water systems
within industrial and commercial
premises can be efficiently and
effectively pressurised
with Econopress units
from Stokvis Energy
Systems.
From its 4500m2 production facility
in Swindon, Torin-Sifan supplies 1.5
million products annually to the
International Air Movement Industry.
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