Building a safer industry
Following the lowest recorded figure for construction deaths in 2005/06 (60), fatalities jumped dramatically to 77 in 2006/07. Georgina Bisby asks Stephen Williams, the HSE's chief inspector of construction, what went wrong and what's to be done about it...
Compliance is in your hands
With the Corporate Manslaughter Act recently enforced, no construction business can afford to ignore health and safety says Knowledge Online The company has developed E-SAFE 100 Mobile Compliance Software to replace the traditional paper based approach to health and safety monitoring......
Meter checks on vibration
New regulations now limit the exposure of employees to both hand arm and whole body vibration. The MMFVM30 Human Vibration Meter meets all the requirements of the Standards mentioned in the HSE Guidance and can be use...
Hearing protection
In many noisy working environments the need for plugging the ears can create another risk – difficulties in hearing sounds critical to people's safety. The low attenuation available from Variphone ear plugs such as ...
New alternative to leather glove
Marigold Industrial, part of the Comasec International Group, has created an alternative to traditional leather gloves. Suitable for the construction worker, the new Master Driver glove provides a high level of abr...
A bit of tough glove
Building and civil engineering contractor, Kier Group, says in the past it has experienced a casual attitude towards wearing gloves among its workforce because it is part of such a traditionally macho industry. When in 20...
