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What makes good PPE?
Techie Fibres
PPE is critical for the protection of workers in a variety of different professions and industries – but in order to do its job it has to be specified correctly and looked…
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Can an industry campaign shift the safety dial to save lives?
Don’t Fall For It
Can a targeted safety campaign really save lives? Should we be challenging the industry over persistent rates of serious injury and deaths caused by the same type of incident? Surely, we all…
Let’s consciously implement hand protection
Shake on it
Hands in many ways defines our humanity. The opposable thumb is thought to have been a development that defined our evolution. The ability to fashion tools, create works of art, sense and…
Box Mentality
It’s Time to Think Outside of the Confined Space
A confined space sounds like something that is really easy to define, doesn’t it? But that’s not always the case. When does an area that is enclosed become a ‘confined space’ and…
Exploring changes to the EN ISO 20345 standard
New Footwear Standards
Hannah Coe of SATRA Technology explores the amendments to this standard which may affect safety footwear design and production. Having last been updated in 2011 and, after much anticipation, EN ISO 20345:2022…
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Eye Protection
No More Tears
When Preventing Eye Injuries Gets Up Close and Personal
There is a very personal element to my writing of this article. In February 2023, I (yet again!) suffered a severe corneal tear – a surface of the eye/eye lens tear. One…
It starts and ends with you
Eye Protection
Think about the senses you use every day, without thinking. Imagine losing or damaging your sight because of an accident at work. This is the reality for about 20,0001 people per year…
Avoiding (or preventing) eye injuries
Twenty Twenty Vision
Injuries to the eyes are among the most serious that workers can suffer, and can lead to serious consequences, such as permanent loss of sight. This damage can be the result of…
Confined Space
Box Mentality
It’s Time to Think Outside of the Confined Space
A confined space sounds like something that is really easy to define, doesn’t it? But that’s not always the case. When does an area that is enclosed become a ‘confined space’ and…
Published: 01st Sep 2012
Understanding Confined Spaces
The Confined Spaces Regulations were introduced in 1997 in response to the number of serious injuries and fatalities occurring, particularly in work areas where the volume of work undertaken was relatively little….
Confined space safety when digging underground
Safe Digging
Richard Broome discusses his thoughts on the subject of safe digging underground in confined spaces, how the UK’s industry is currently performing, and solutions for reducing asset strikes. Underground pipes and cables…
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Hand Protection
Let’s consciously implement hand protection
Shake on it
Hands in many ways defines our humanity. The opposable thumb is thought to have been a development that defined our evolution. The ability to fashion tools, create works of art, sense and…
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Understanding the legislation around hand protection
Hand Protection: ‘The Standards’
Although PPE is considered the last line of defence, and rightly so, it is critically important for the workplace to have it readily available. But why is a problematic risk control so…
Looking at the ins-and-outs of personal hand protection
Getting to Grips with Safety Gloves
Without our hands we would be severely limited with what we are able to do, it is partly our hands that set us apart from other animals too. Hands are so important…
How to properly protect your hands in the workplace
Keepin’ Touch – Hand Safety
Did you know that at least 20 per cent of work accidents affect workers’ hands? Thus, it isn’t surprising to think that we may all know (or know of) someone with a…
…with hand protection in the workplace
Keep Your Finger on the Pulse…
Kinga Demetriou, Certification Manager, PPE Team Leader at BSI explores PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and how to prevent hand protection injuries in the workplace. Ensuring that employees are safe at work must…
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