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Whether in a workplace or public environment, the importance of people’s safety should always be a top priority.

There are various areas that can become slippery and dangerous when in contact with water and other liquids such as production floors, ramps, stairs, loading bays and walkways. These areas can present serious injuries and costly repercussions if not treated with proper care and responsibility. In Great Britain alone, there were over 69,208 employee non-fatal injuries reported by employers in 2018/19 (RIDDOR). From that figure, 29% of those incidents were categorized as slips, trips or falls on the same level. 

Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles-based street artist best known for his bold “Stop Making Stupid People Famous” stencil art and biting Academy Award-themed installations. These days, however, he’s turning his attention to the urgent need hospital medical staff have for personal protective equipment (PPE), including face shields. 

He’s adapted his 1000 sq. ft. studio to the fabrication of face shields for use by overworked doctors and nurses caring for critically ill patients requiring intubation prior to mechanical ventilation. Although it is standard practice for all members of the care team to wear a face shield during the intubation procedure, a severe shortage of face shields has meant that often only one face shield is available – and that is used by the physician actually doing the intubation.

Businesses throughout London and Birmingham can now easily and responsibly dispose of face masks, gloves and other forms of workplace personal protective equipment (PPE), thanks to a new dedicated PPE disposal service from leading waste and recycling company, First Mile.

Many businesses will be using PPE to minimise the risk of Covid-19 transmission to both staff and customers, and it’s likely this will continue to rise as more and more businesses open.  Often these PPE items will be disposed of within the workplace, requiring a proper disposal route to complete the Covid-secure chain. 

There are a few things that will (eventually) get us all to the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the globe, everyone is hoping for an effective treatment or vaccine. The possibility of a viable vaccine that can be licensed and mass produced remains a distant prospect for the coming year. There is hope that ongoing trials and research into potential treatments may produce successful drug therapy within a few months. Nevertheless, there are non-pharmaceutical interventions that will have an impact on when we will emerge from “quarantine fog,” and what it will be like when we do. 

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Air as a medium can be malicious to electrical and electronic appliances. Absorption and release of water in the air within control cabinets creates the potential for the formation of condensate. Condensate, in turn, carries out corrosion processes on sensitive components and can freeze at minus degrees. Thermal Man-agement specialist STEGO also offers the right answer for hazardous environments.

With the government announcement on 10th May of its ‘road map out of lockdown’, in England at least, if you work in manufacturing, engineering or construction, or can’t do your job from home, you’ll now be able to return to work providing you can maintain social distancing. This is the first step in a phased process with 100% ‘normality’ still some months down the line.

The types of workplaces now permitted to re-open are sites where health and safety and environmental monitoring are key considerations. As well as arrangements for PPE, hand sanitisation, social distancing and effective cleaning regimes, a large number of sites will have environmental monitoring needs, many of which may be uniquely linked to the lockdown circumstances. 

Hi-line Industries, the UK’s leading designer, manufacturer and installer of air/gas dryers and nitrogen generators, is lending its support to the NHS in combating the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The company’s fabrication department have been working round the clock to build and despatch medical gas dryers for a number of new NHS Nightingale and existing hospitals, supplying equipment against stringent deadlines. As key workers in the crisis, their service department is remaining open to support the NHS and customers in essential industries such as medical, healthcare and food manufacturing.

Ideal for OSHA safety compliance and engine efficiency testing for forklifts and other equipment

Bacharach, an industry expert in gas detection and analysis instrumentation, introduces the Monoxor XR (extended range) hand-held exhaust gas analyzer for measuring CO (carbon monoxide) in ambient air or directly from the exhaust pipe of forklifts, floor burnishers or other equipment burning propane, gasoline, diesel, or CNG (compressed natural gas). 

i.safe MOBILE, a developer of mobile communication devices in the hazardous zone 1/21, has announced the IS930.1. The IS930.1 combines the indestructible robustness of an IP-certified tablet with ATEX and IECEx approvals for safe use in hazardous environments.

It can be used in the oil, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries as well as in mining, public utilities, municipalities and energy suppliers, among others. The IS930.1 comes with an 8” large, capacitive and low-reflection screen made of RugDisplay glass with a maximum resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, which is easy to read even in direct sunlight.

Enerpac announces a complete suite of ATEX-Certified Tools for engineers working in potentially explosive atmospheres. Suitable for zones 1 and 2 gaseous atmospheres and zones 21 and 22 dust atmospheres, the range includes hydraulic torque wrenches, air pumps, flange spreading tools, hydraulic sealed hand pumps and hoses.

Compliant with EN ISO 80079:2019 parts 36 and 37, the Enerpac certified tools are one of the largest ranges of ATEX-Certified Tools available today. By providing both tools and ATEX-Certified hydraulic hoses, Enerpac enables a safer approach to projects in potentially explosive atmospheres.