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Watch Your Step: Protecting Against Slips, Trips And Falls

Slips, trips and falls are the most common cause of injury at work, causing 29% of all non-fatal injuries to employees.

Slips, trips and falls are the most common cause of injury at work, causing 29% of all non-fatal injuries to employees . Despite this, slip and trip accidents tend to be seen as an avoidable, reasonable risk, something to expected throughout the everyday working routine. With 70,116 non-fatal employee injuries under RIDDOR last year… that equate to more than 20,333 injuries by slips, trips and falls, does this sound simple and avoidable to you?  

Wearing the right type of protective footwear could be the key to decreasing these figures. (Read More)

B&CE urges construction companies to train employees in occupational health, in wake of new report

B&CE1 is urging construction companies of all sizes to provide at least one employee with occupational health (OH) awareness training to ensure compliance with regulation and encourage understanding of occupational health and relevant standards, throughout the organisation.

The call follows the launch of a new report from Loughborough University Improving occupational health risk management in SMEs: the role of major projects which looked into how major projects such as the construction of the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) can support their supply chain to develop good practices in occupational health.

In light of the report’s findings, B&CE is also calling for improved training materials and increased education regarding OH obligations. (Read More)

BSRIA Successfully Extends The Scope Of Its UKAS Accreditation For Sampling Formaldehyde & Total Volatile Organic Compounds

BSRIA has successfully extended the scope of its UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accreditation for sampling Formaldehyde and Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) in accordance with BS EN 16000-3:2011 and BS EN 16000-6:2011 respectively.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are carbon-based substances that evaporate at room temperature and can be a common problem in indoor air quality. A simple, cost effective way of measuring VOCs in a building is by air sampling and analysing TVOCs.

The results will give the total amount of VOCs (Read More) 

ATEX ultrasonic thickness gauge certified intrinsically safe to the highest rating

This is the world’s only reliable and simple-to-use ultrasonic thickness gauge that has been certified intrinsically safe to the highest possible ATEX rating; this make it the number 1 choice for all engineers working within potentially explosive environments such as food processing plants.

Certified intrinsically safe to ATEX Marking Group I & Group II / CSA Class 1 Group A, B, C & D Division 1 (Read More)

Safety Monitors announce partnership with TSI Incorporated

TSI doesn’t just observe and react to measurement trends they set them.

A strong safety program depends on good data. Only with correct measurements, can you identify risks, report on them with confidence, and make informed decisions. TSI develops and manufactures accurate and reliable occupational health and safety instruments to measure what’s important in your safety program. (Read More)

Opgal’s EyeCGas 2.0: Optical Gas Imaging Meets Wireless

The pressing reality: Scientists have noted that if humans don’t drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, the planet will not stop warming that will be “long-lasting” and “irreversible.” This poses a big environmental challenge because the oil and gas production is predicted to keep growing.

The EIA forecasts that dry natural gas production will average 90.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2019, (Read More)

Shawcity Launch Single-gas Detection with Smartphone App Compatibility

Shawcity is pleased to announce the addition to its range of the new Honeywell BW Solo personal single-gas detector which comes with the time-saving and convenience of smartphone-enabled management.

Solo helps to ensure compliance and allows you to be confident your workers are protected. It has everything you would expect from the latest serviceable gas detector, including a reliable life-span, (Read More) 

Emergency exits and escape routes lighting: Cortem Group LFED and LFEE series Ex lighting fixtures

Emergency lighting means illumination designed to operate when the ordinary one is missing. This is one of the main principals of plants safety to allow the evacuation of people in case of danger, or even, more simply, to allow operators, to move, in case of electrical failure and black out.

In systems installed in areas with the presence of a potentially explosive atmosphere, this type of system (Read More)

Featuring London Electronics Limited’s latest range of Hazardous Area Displays.

 Simple set-up menu, fast to install and commission, high precision and measurement accuracy.

 The EX range allows for London’s Market leading displays to be installed into hazardous area environments multiple input types and functions. The most common being: Loadcell, Process (0-10V, 4-20mA), Serial RS232, RS485, Pulse, Quadrature, Ethernet, Clock/Timer, Profibus, Thermocouple, (Read More) 

All-new Ex-certified SEMIC 1-LED machine lamp from Atexor

Atexor introduces the unique SLAM FIXED® Semic 1-LED machine lamp for confined spaces. Ex-certified as a fixed and portable light, the Semic 1-LED already has IECEx, KOSHA and NEPSI certifications, with more on the way.

The Semic 1-LED is a new type of Ex-luminaire designed to meet the high demands of the semiconductor industry, including T6 and IP68 ratings. Created for industrial gas (Read More)