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Firm fined for fall from height


AIR conditioning firm Select Air Services has been fined £10,000 by the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) after an apprentice engineer fell three metres through a fragile plasterboard ceiling and broke his arm. The 20-year-old


apprentice was installing an air conditioning system in the loft space above an office at Llaneurgain House in Northop when the accident happened on 14 March 2012. As a result he was off work for 10 weeks. An investigation by the HSE found that Select Air Services had failed to put adequate safety measures in place.


Mold Magistrates’ Court heard the company had not provided enough crawling boards, which meant employees had to step from joist to joist to carry out the work. As a result, there was nothing to prevent the worker from falling through the fragile plasterboard when he lost his footing. The company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £6,600 after pleading guilty to a breach of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. After the hearing, HSE Inspector Chris Wilcox said: “The risks associated with falling through a ceiling are something most of us would recognise from our own lofts at home, yet Select Air Services failed to implement basic safety measures to minimise the risk of falls. “The workers were installing the air


conditioning system above a fragile plasterboard ceiling but their employer neglected to plan the work properly and provide simple safeguards such as crawling boards or safety decking that could have prevented a fall. The dangers of working at height are well known and this prosecution should serve as a reminder to all contractors to ensure work is properly planned and robust safety precautions are put in place.”


ACR News November 2013 Lu-ve new FHD coolers


LU-VE Heat Exchangers has launched the FHD dual discharge commercial unit coolers with a capacity range


from 2kW to 19.8kW. The FHD


dual discharge unit coolers are


extremely quiet and efficient in operation.


Fitted with EC fans as


standard, it can be installed for either normal fan speed for cold rooms or low speed for preparation, processing and packing rooms.


This is carried out by the installer on site simply by changing a single cable within the unit’s electrical box.


The efficiency of the new units arises from the combination of the Lu-ve Turbocoil heat exchanger and new EC fans, providing improved performance, reduced frost formation, and reduced dehumification of the cold room.


It also limits the drying out of food being conserved. and the EC fans provide greater flexibility in speed control,


as well as reduced energy consumption noise levels.


The casing is made of a special reinforced ‘Safeshell’ synthetic material which is strong yet


light with rounded


corners and smooth lines, carefully designed to minimise accidental damage or injury caused in busy environments. Safeshell casing material is easy to keep clean with a hinged drain tray for easy access and removable side covers.


FHD units can be specified with the Jet-O-Matic


distributor, known as Benefit which has been designed to guarantee maximum heat exchanger efficiency in different working conditions by improving the distribution of the refrigerant fluid compared to traditional solutions.


FHD units are Eurovent certified, guaranteeing their performance, and are available for a wide range of refrigerants including glycol, ammonia and CO2.


Samsung VRFs get ECA


SAMSUNG Electronics has been awarded Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) status by the Carbon Trust for its DVM S Inverter VRF systems.


The DVM S VRF System achieved a coefficient of performance (COP) threshold of more than the required 3.80 and an energy efficient ratio (EER) of more than the 3.40 threshold set by the Government. Vice president,


Enterprise Business Team at Samsung Electronics, Graham Long, said, “We take great pride in the environmental performance of our products and our VRF systems achieving ECA status is further proof of our efforts in this area. “Our business customers will now be able write off the capital cost of purchasing these products from us which, together with the energy efficiency savings, will significantly reduce the overall cost of ownership.”


The DVM S systems now have a COP of up to 4.94 and EER of up to 4.49.


Williams powers green spirit


A TEAM of 12 to 15-year- olds from Wisbech Grammar School (WGS) battled for four hours through wet and windy weather at the 2013 Greenpower National Finals at Goodwood motor circuit. Sponsored by Kings Lynn refrigeration company Williams, they raced their Formula 24 car against 100 other teams of young engineers who had also made it through the regional heats.


The Wisbech team is recruited from the WGS design and technology department’s Young Engineers Club and the cars are designed to showcase green technology. Williams is involved through its Greenlogic


initiative, which aims to deliver the greenest refrigeration solutions for its customers in the foodservice, baking and retail sectors.


Driven by the youngsters in turn and clocking up speeds of up to 30mph, the battery-driven cars use 20 pence-worth of electricity over the race, the amount of energy consumed being the equivalent of a petrol car doing 2980 miles per gallon. The WGS team started the day down the field, but after a brilliant drive climbed up to finish in 45th. “The team showed determination and spirit, even though we encountered battery problems and the weather


conditions were atrocious,” said Rob Frost, head of design and technology at WGS.


“I was proud of the way the Wisbech team coped with conditions,” said Tim Smith, chief executive of Williams. “The girls and boys show great enthusiasm and commitment. We are delighted to offer our continued support and encouragement.


“Educational trusts like Greenpower and the Young Engineer Group, which Wisbech Grammar School is also involved with, help children understand how technology impacts on the environment, and how creative engineering can deliver greener solutions.”


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