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Articles In Our Current Issue
Air Quality
Occupational or Industrial Hygiene has its roots in the early 1900s and is defined as the RECOGNITION, EVALUATION and CONTROL of those factors in the workplace that may give rise to sickness and impairment of the workforce.
Author | Eddie Salter
Confined Spaces - Making Confined Spaces Safe
From a health and safety point of view, work in confined spaces is regarded as being particularly hazardous and must be strictly controlled in order to minimise risk. However, if risk is to be adequately controlled it is first necessary to set down a definition of the term ‘confined space’ that can be used to identify the tasks involved in this style of working.
Author | Toby Hayward
Noise Monitoring - Preventing the sad slip into silence
Colin Chatten relates his early memories to the importance of monitoring noise in order to prevent hearing damage being caused at work.
Author | Colin Chatten
Proper Glove Use
Each year hand and finger injuries typically cause more than one million US workers to visit a hospital for medical treatment. In 2008 alone, there were 137,020 Days Away From Work Cases in the US as a direct result of work-related hand and finger injuries ( ). The hand is very vulnerable to injury because it by necessity the body part that causes the work to be done.
Author | David Moore
Safety Footwear: A Step in the Right Direction
Ian Moses, the Research and Development and PPE Manager for Grampian Fire and Rescue Service is an authority on the benefits and features of various types of Safety Footwear. In his article he contributes a generous insight into the types of footwear products available on the market today and highlights the features of various types of footwear appropriate to certain situations.
Author | Ian Moses
Saving Your Skin - Choosing the Right Garment for the Hazard, Showers and Eyebaths
Each year hand and finger injuries typically cause more than one million US workers to visit a hospital for medical treatment. In 2008 alone, there were 137,020 Days Away From Work Cases in the US as a direct result of work-related hand and finger injuries.
Author | Krister Forsberg and Cristine Fargo
Training
Demand for occupational health and safety training in the Middle East has never been greater. Although historically most of such training took place in the UK, the Gulf States are now increasingly conducting their own training programmes, propelled by the huge expansion of the number of businesses in the oil, gas and construction industries and by increasing regulation.
Author | Hasan Alaradi
Working At Height
Why Rope Access?
Today, more than ever, operational costs of companies in industries such as; (petro) chemical, oil and gas, power and energy, nuclear, civil or construction are more scrutinised than at any time in the past 10 years.
Author | Amel Vriesman
