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Beam smoke detectors

Illumino Ignis has selected FFE’s Fireray 5000 infra-red beam smoke detectors to protect its Peterborough warehouse. The company, a leading supplier of fire, safety and disability products, selected Fireray beam detectors over more conventional fixed-point detectors.

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Third consecutive gold

Provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, CHEP, is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The company has been awarded the Gold award for the third consecutive year in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

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Head to toe menswear

From a baseball cap style bumpcap to 10 new styles of safety footwear, Workwear brand Dickies has menswear covered from head to toe.

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Colour coded gloves

In order to help reduce hand injuries, TraffiGlove has provided eight different styles of its safety gloves to Tractor manufacturer, Case New Holland for use by 450 workers at its Basildon, Essex manufacturing base.

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First-on-scene training put to use

A Driver First Assist (DFA) member has been praised by local police for his handling of an accident on the M6 last month. The collision involved three vehicles on the M6 between junctions 10 and 10A at night, just north of Walsall, and affected two lanes of the carriageway. DFA is a road safety initiative which seeks to reduce road fatalities through incident first-on-scene training.

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On-site advantages

If it’s possible and practicable, when it comes to access equipment it makes sense for employers to train their operators on the actual equipment they’re going to be using, in the place they’re going to be using it, asserts Richard Shore, MD of Mentor Training Solutions (MTS).

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A question of culture

Metsä Wood UK operations purchasing manager Gary Isherwood tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that he puts the safety of employees first when buying forklifts.

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Don’t neglect safety in rush for efficiency

It is no secret that an efficient warehouse operation has a direct bearing on the rate at which customer demand can be met. However, it is essential that this does not happen at the expense of employee health and safety, says Nigel Crunden, business specialist at Office Depot.

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Keeping forklifts good to go

Equipment downtime is the enemy of any workplace, so keeping forklifts (the workhorse of the warehouse) operating efficiently is essential to a successful business.

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Brings load to safe stop

Hoist safety concerns have now been addresses by the MotoSuiveur – a mechanically failsafe hoist safety device created by Siguren and distributed in the UK exclusively by SCX Special Projects.

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Rack protectors are often mis-used

A mis-understanding of health and safety guidance has led many warehouse operators to use rack protectors inappropriately, reports SEMA approved rack inspector Justin O’Sullivan.

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Light curtain alternative

The V300 infra-red vision camera from SICK UK offers a convenient and reliable Type 3 alternative to a safety guard light curtain in production and warehouse environments.

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