Sponsored Content: Global health and safety standard for drainage expert
National drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group has achieved ISO 45001, the world's first global ISO standard for occupational health and safety.
Precision toxicology consortium “will transform approaches to chemical safety management”
A research project to shape regulation and policy on chemical safety, and without the use of animal testing, has been launched with the aid...
Sponsored Content: Getting serious about hygiene
Environmental Science Ltd (ESL) is to expand and restructure its business, with a move into the development, manufacture and distribution of hygiene products, including hand sanitisers, sprays, medicated soaps, surface and floor wipes and disinfectants.
Preventing aerosol transmission
A variety of measures are needed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 in nursing homes, and it is particularly important to develop a strategy to protect healthcare workers from airborne transmission.
Noise monitoring equipment supplied for London demolition project
Svantek, a manufacturer of high performance noise and vibration instrumentation for environmental and occupational health monitoring applications, has recently supplied four SV 307 noise...
Noise frequency weightings: A quick guide
Noise measurement expert Pulsar Instruments explains the difference between the various noise frequency weightings, and why you need to know about them.
Radon maps don’t show radon levels in a specific building
Indoor radon inhalation kills more people each year (in Ireland) than carbon monoxide poisoning, fires and road accidents combined. Radon testing firm Radonova makes...
Listen up: Limited time offer on noise monitoring equipment
According to estimates from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 21,000 workers suffered with work related hearing problems between 2017 and 2019, with industrial...
Sponsored content: Ionizer tech inhibits SARS-Cov-2
Contract research organisation Texcell has verified the inhibitory effect of nanoe™ X, an ionizer technology developed by Panasonic capable of generating “nano-sized atomized water particles”.
Firm delivers savings and efficiency for new life science facility
Creating a new hygienic production facility that includes ATEX zone 1 areas is a complex task, especially when the facility will need over 1,400...
Camera systems improve safety and track performance of food waste collection service
New additions to Midlothian Council’s fleet of vehicles have recently been installed with camera systems to assist in the efficient day-to-day operations of its...
Research heralds ‘step change’ in water jet injury care
Medical research commissioned by the Water Jetting Association has led to the publication of the most comprehensive guidance ever created for the management of high-pressure fluid injection injuries
Liverpool company develops virtual reality tool to save Sellafield £20 million
The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) has developed a mixed reality training tool for Britain’s biggest nuclear waste site, Sellafield
Moray Council first to make health & safety commitment
Moray Council has become the first resource management team in Scotland to sign up to a national commitment to prioritise health and safety it...
Boxing not so clever, councils advised, in light of musculoskeletal injuries findings
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) has recently advised local councils to discontinue “box type” recycling collections, as a “matter of urgency”.
Recent...
New onshore wind group to champion workforce health and safety
SafetyOn, the health and safety group for the onshore wind sector, was officially launched on 30 April, a group that supports placing health and...
180-degree ‘Wide Eye’ camera system designed to save lives in waste and recycling
Wolverhampton-based Spillard Safety Systems has unveiled its Optronics Wide Eye Camera System, which uses a fish eye 180-degree view angle camera that will kill...
The Notre Dame disaster shows that firefighting drones are the future of fire safety,...
“The use of drones by fire services is nothing new, however the tragic incident at Notre Dame highlights the importance of this technology in...
All-in-one noise monitoring station suitable for construction sites
Svantek, a manufacturer of noise and vibration instrumentation for occupational health and environmental monitoring applications, has launched the SV 200A all in one noise...
Wastewater services firm among first to achieve ISO 45001:2018
Lanes Utilities, part of drainage specialist Lanes Group plc, has joined the first cohort of organisations to achieve ISO 45001:2018 accreditation.
ISO 45001:2018 is designed...
