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Businesses encouraged to get fire doors checked

WITH MANY businesses having been closed throughout much of 2020, this year’s Fire Door Safety Week (20-26 September) offers a pertinent reminder for duty holders to ensure their fire doors are checked – especially if the annual assessment was missed last year, advises compliance specialist, Bureau Veritas.

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Focus on care over compensation

Eye protection can save an employee’s eyesight; it can also save the employer hefty legal costs. Here, Peter Dumigan highlights the importance of care over compensation

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Safety knives: Cutting the risks and boosting the benefits

FAMILIARITY WITH knives in everyday life can lead to a widespread blind spot when it comes to their provision and use in the workplace. Here, Ian Crellin outlines factors to consider when choosing safety knives to ensure they are both fit-for-purpose and safe to use

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Climate control base layer

UPGRADED AND sustainable, the latest Snickers Workwear ‘Climate Control’ clothing is said to deliver exceptional comfort and performance.

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Bureau Veritas warns of heightened Legionella risk

WITH BUSINESSES and commercial premises on a path of gradual reopening after months of limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bureau Veritas is encouraging duty holders to focus on potential Legionella hotspots as part of their ‘return-to-work’ strategy.

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Compressed air gun use in machine workshops

A RESEARCH study has been carried out in an aerospace machine workshop to understand why machinists rely on compressed air for cleaning work and whether increased awareness of health and safety risks would result in them adopting different cleaning methods if these were suitable and safer? Claire Bailey reports on the findings.

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