HAVS Safety Is The Goal For Everton Football Club
Innovative vibration safety monitors are being used to keep grounds staff, free from injuries at one of the UK’s most historic professional football clubs. By installing and using the HAVmeter technology, Everton are investing in long term health benefits for their grounds maintenance team. This is part of an ongoing health & safety drive designed to prevent workers contracting Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) from the overuse of lawnmowers and vibrating tools. The Premier League club has issued the meters to all of its grounds staff, in order to accurately gauge their daily exposure to vibration while using equipment such as mowers, strimmers and hand-operated blowers and to ensure that they do not exceed the levels stipulated by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). The HAVmeter technology is already used by some of the biggest names in the UK construction, manufacturing and grounds maintenance sectors – including Tarmac, Aston Martin, Balfour Beattie, the Crown Estates and BAM Nuttall - to prevent vibration injuries among their workforces.
Finger - a crippling disease that is the biggest risk from working with vibrating power tools and equipment. The condition affects the functionality of blood vessels resulting in symptoms such as numbness or tingling of the fingers, loss of strength in the hands and the cold whitening of the fingertips. The system provides every employee with a HAVmeter device that is programmed with their individual vibration exposure limits, which they attach to every tool that they use during their shift. The meters collate data about the amount of vibration that workers are exposed to and flash a warning when the limits are reached.
Reply No. 28
GAP Buy More VT-1 Tower Lights from
TowerLight GAP Group, the UK’s largest independent tool and plant hirer, have purchased another sixty-five sets of the VT-1 SuperLight, from the UK based lighting specialists, TowerLight (UK) Limited. This latest order expands the GAP Group’s fleet of VT-1 lighting sets in readiness for the soon approaching dark evenings. They will be available, nationwide, to
provide proper lighting levels for all types of contractors, roadside projects and outside events. The VT-1 is one of the safest and easiest lighting set to operate. The 9-metre
360° vertical hydraulic mast features a single lever operation, enabling one person to safely erect the mast in less than 30 seconds and the complete unit has been tested in wind speed in excess of 75 miles per hour. With its relatively small overall footprint, forty-VT-1’s can be delivered on a single 40’flat bed vehicle and forklift pockets are conveniently mounted on the frame for safe loading. The VT-1 also has a number of additional environmental attributes, including a full bund for all fluids and whisper quiet noise levels of just 65d(b)a
Reply No. 27
ALL ENQUIRIES Tel: 0844 8444 570 Copyright © 2010 Husqvarna AB (publ).All rights reserved.
telephone 01444 440188
ToolBUSINESS+HIRE 11
Reply No. 212
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32