Standing easy
Zedland heavy duty antifatigue
matting from Plastic
Extruders, coupled with
increasingly stringent Health
& Safety requirements, is
reported to be helping to
overcome problems of
fatigue for people who have
to stand a
Roof remedy
Safesite has helped to improve safety
for those working at height at Stafford
General Hospital through the
installation of a comprehensive safety
system incorporating System 2000
cantilever guardrail and Demarcation.
Lessons in roof safety
Safetyworks & Solutions, the safety at
height specialist has provided an
upgraded roof safety and access
system at Sussex University.
As the University building is listed,
it was essential that the specified
products
Range of rescue kits
If a worker working at height falls,
even if they are attached to a fall
protection system, they are very
unlikely to get themselves out of the
situation. If the worker isn’t
recovered within 20 minutes of the
fall they
Maintenance technology range extended
Polyflor has developed its PUR
maintenance technology on safety
flooring and added it to its flagship
Polysafe Astral and Polysafe Corona
ranges, so that
both ranges
now
incorporate
third
generation
Supratec PUR.
Cables covered?
Tripping and falling over loose
unprotected cables is a leading
candidate for workplace trips.
Vulcascot manufactures 35 different
cable protectors designed to safely
cover up the smallest cable to super
large power c
High acclaim
The MAP3 mobile access platform
launched by Abex in the autumn of
2009 to ensure safer practices when
working at height has won the UK
Fork Lift Truck Association’s 2010
Award for safety.
“We designed the MAP3 as a
s
HSE Chairt opens new PASMA HQ
The Chair of the Health and Safety
Executive, Judith Hackitt CBE, has
officially opened the new
headquarters of PASMA, the trade
association representing the mobile
access tower industry in the UK and
Ireland. Situated
Purpose-built
The JLG machines on display will
include a one-person stockpicker
and a vertical mast product. These
machines are designed specifically to
assist in working in lower height
applications. Additionally, JLG will
focus on
Read about fundamentals of risk management
IRM, together with publisher
Kogan Page, has launched a new
book by IRM Director and
examiner Paul Hopkin (pictured
below). It is called Fundamentals of
Risk Management and is targeted at
anyone who wants a basic, yet
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