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August 2011


An informative newsletter that keeps professionals within the health & safety trade up to date with the latest news and product information

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CONSULTATION OPENS ON COST RECOVERY SCHEME FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY INTERVENTIONS
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a three-month consultation on how cost recovery for intervention will operate, having already agreed the underlying principle with Government. Gordon MacDonald, HSE's programme director, said: "The Government has agreed that it is right that those who break the law should pay their fair share of the costs to put things right - and not the public purse.”.... read more   Website
AICO CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM WITH TAMPER PROOF BATTERY
A sophisticated yet highly affordable new Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm from Aico is now available with a sealed in Lithium battery. The combination of tamper proof battery unit and inability to use it in other common household devices directly addresses the problem of possible battery removal by the resident. As with all Aico CO alarms, the new Lithium battery powered model uses a sophisticated, proven CO sensor pre-calibrated and tested in CO gas to ensure accuracy. Kitemarked to BS EN 50291, the new battery powered CO alarm from Aico comes complete with a five year guarantee..... read more
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BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL KEEPS TRAFFIC ZOOMING
Bristol City Council is successfully monitoring all traffic activity within the wide expanse Cumberland Basin area of the city with the use of just two 43X zoom Samsung fully functional speed dome cameras. Operators in the City’s Traffic Control Centre are tasked to keep a close eye out for any incidents or parking violations which might lead to traffic jams. They are able to do so by monitoring images captured by just two Samsung SCP-3430H PTZ dome cameras mounted on the top of one of the City’s landmark buildings, Tobacco Bond B...... read more
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FITZPATRICK METAL DOORSETS SECURE HORNSEY ROAD APARTMENTS
Hornsey Road Apartments are part of the £36 million redevelopment of the former Victorian baths near London’s Finsbury Park. Approximately 150 Fitzpatrick Securicel doors were specified internally for the project. The internal steel doorsets were designed to meet a high security specification for the apartment entrances - PAS23 & PAS24 certification and subsequent SBD (Secured by Design) accreditation. Fitzpatrick undertook all the security testing to ensure that the requirements of the project specification were met..... read more
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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY COMMITTED TO SAFETY WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHTS
Mainstay, the property management company, has demonstrated the importance it places on the safety of its staff and contractors when working at heights, by investing in a dedicated programme of testing and inspection of its fall protection systems. Just over 12 months ago the company committed to an ongoing testing and inspection programme with a single provider; Eurosafe Solutions, a specialist provider of such services, based in Sheffield..... read more
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UK CONSTRUCTION FIRMS URGED TO ‘GET TOUGH’ AS ACCIDENT FIGURES INCREASE
A leading North West health and safety construction firm says new accident figures released by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) are a sobering reminder of the critical need to regularly review on site safety procedures. Innov8 Safety Solutions specialises in construction design management and site safety. Its managing director Alan Robson said the new figures show that the number of employees fatality injured at work increased in the last year – from 147 to 171. Among these fatalities were 50 construction workers. 23 of these were in the North West compared with 17 last year...... read more
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OPTEX HELPS OCTAGA KEEP BURGLARS AT BAY
A storage yard that houses specialist vehicles and stock for market traders and that has been targeted by thieves in the past is now being protected by a security system using the very latest AX-TF detectors from Optex Europe’s BoundaryGard range. When the owner of the firm reviewed CCTV footage, he was concerned to learn that the thieves had been on-site for more than an hour. The BoundaryGard range of products provide a host of external detection solutions which are perfect for situations like this...... read more
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