People, Safety and Premises
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Guidance standard covers stress

Stress is one of the most common
problems of the modern workplace,
affecting the mental and physical wellbeing
of more than 40 million
workers in the European Union each
year, with costs to business being
estimated at €

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Advice on ensuring hands are clean

Alcohol gels and foams rapidly
decontaminate clean hands if they
are used correctly. However,
according to Teal Handwash, the
alcohol content of the hand rub
must be at least 60% to be effective.

Used incorrectly, say

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Free guidance for those

The NASC (National Access &
Scaffolding Confederation) has
launched a free specification
document intended to provide
guidance for all organisations (or
individuals) who are responsible for
appointing, monitoring or man

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Pump action for barrier cream

Rozalex has launched a new
version of its Dri-Guard barrier
cream. Rozalex dri-
Guard easy pump has
the performance
qualities of the original
barrier cream, but can
now be pumped.

Nick Angel, MD,
comments: “The
pr

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Support for SMEs

In addition to improving regulatory
‘housekeeping’, the Löfstedt Review of
health and safety must consider how
businesses – particularly smaller firms
– can be helped to avoid accidents
and ill health, says the Royal Soc

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Stacker beacons

Offering a flexible and competitively
priced way to improve safety on the
factory floor, Delta has added a new
series of stacker beacons to its
industrial specific product range.

The modular stacker light system
allow

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Expectant mothers may need quick exit

Employers should be more alert
to the health and safety needs
of pregnant employees
following reports that the number of
biths in the UK is now at its highest
since 1991, according to experts at
Evac+Chair International

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Big Tick retained

Arco, distributor of safety clothing,
equipment and industrial supplies,
has retained its Big Tick status in
Business in the Community’s (BITC)
2011 Awards for Excellence, for its
dedication to ethical supply chain
mana

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Arc flash danger

Electric arc flash or electric flashover
is one of the most deadly and least
understood hazards of electricity in
the workplace, and it is prevalent in
most industries.With about 1000
electrical accidents at work each ye

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Advancing environmental health

The Royal Environmental;l
Health Institute of scotland
(REHIS) is an independent,
self-financing registered
Scottish charity, whose main
objectives are for the benefit of the
community to promote the
advancement of env

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