Health and Safety International | Issue 13
Fire - Evacuate - Reality
Fire - Evacuate - Reality Emergency Planning is Vital for Your Future When I was first asked to put pen to paper and write an article on fire safety and premises evacuation, it was my intention to pen a relatively light-hearted but informative missive, hoping that the soft approach would be successful in improving general knowledge on fire and individual readers fire survival techniques.
Preventing Disasters
New developments in the field of gas sensing technology allow for subsequent advances in the provision of better gas safety systems. In this article, Leigh Greenham, the new Administrator of CoGDEM (Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring) brings us up to date with gas detection issues, by highlighting some recent industrial safety incidents.
Regulations Will Affect You!
Important new regulations cover all industries The Working at Height Regulations came into force in April 2005 and as an organisation with a special interest in work carried out at height, the Source Testing Association (STA) has been in consultation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Respiratory Protection [October 2005]
Filtering devices for industrial workplaces Basics, developments and new challenges
Safety Helmets
Expectations of protection and performance Austin Simmons, head of SATRA's safety product test centre, explains helmet safety and his organisation's capabilities to test to the most stringent standards.
The Skin Your In
Skin should help to keep our insides in, and the outside out. It should also be one of the ways in which we perceive the pleasurable sensations and enjoyments of the world. Too often, it can become an instrument of torture. More years ago than one of your authors cares to remember, when he was an innocent little cherub, there was an advertising campaign for a particular type of kitchen worktop material which stated enigmatically that it was "the second most interesting surface in the world". It had to be explained to him that the implied most interesting surface was skin, and a number of years passed before blossoming amateur interest led him to agree. Professional interest, related to keeping skin and what it surrounds in pristine condition through the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), came much later.
