Preventative and Reactive Maintenance Saves UK Manufacturers Over £30K per Year
Preventative and reactive maintenance are critical in keeping a manufacturing process running without downtime. More and more often, manufacturers are moving towards preventative and reactive maintenance schemes to ensure minimal losses to their production. Research...
Do You Know The True Dangers Of Wood Dust?
Did you know that carpenters and joiners are four times more likely to develop asthma compared to other UK workers? If wood dust is inhaled it can cause potentially life changing illnesses. Some of the illnesses include; hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational...
EU-OSHA Reveals New Workplace Carcinogens Advice
Do you work with materials that produce a carcinogenic dust or fume bi-product at any point of production? If so, a new HSE information sheet on carcinogens in the workplace is now available (download here), which includes concise practical advice on avoiding the...
Protect Your Welders With Fume Extraction Or Face A Fine
At a welding company in Birmingham, a HSE inspector found that there were no control measures in place to protect workers from welding fumes. One welder was unprotected from fumes for 7-8 hours a day. The HSE asked the company to perform a COSHH assessment to identify...