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Hello and welcome to the July/August 2024 issue of Tomorrow’s Health & Safety.
Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive for 2023 show that last year, 40 people went to work and never came back after they fell from a height and died. As Phil Jones, Managing Director of William Martin points out in his feature this month, the same statistics reveal more than 5,000 people in the past year were injured due to a fall from height while at work. “The figures suggest these non-fatal falls accounted for around 920,000 lost working days, costing a total of £770m,” he highlights. In the article, he asks, if legislation won’t reduce working at height accidents, what will? He suggests that by concentrating on three things: money, management and resources, the sector can weed out contractors who are not operating safely to stop getting work.
Elsewhere we take a deep dive into Ear & Eye Protection, with Specsavers and BSIF providing advice and analysis, whilst Linde Material Handling heads up our focus on Technology in Health & Safety feature by exploring how evolving technologies can deliver major safety wins for the intralogistics sector.
Plenty to keep you going whilst you soak in the sun at your holiday destination of choice.
Enjoy the read.
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Editor Ryan Lloyd
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GET A GRIP Pulsar Instruments explains
how it is tackling Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) head-on.
SAFETY AT HEIGHT If legislation won’t reduce
working at height accidents, what will? Phil Jones, Managing Director of William Martin, discusses.
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DON’T LOSE FOCUS Dona Mclafferty, Corporate
Account Manager (Safety Eyewear) from Specsavers, stresses the importance of construction employees looking after the most valuable tool in their box – their eyesight.
A SMARTER APPROACH TO SAFETY
How can evolving technologies deliver major safety wins for the
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intralogistics sector, asks Gavin Carslake, Project Manager for Safety Solutions with Linde Material Handling.
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CONTROLLING THE RISKS OF
AIRBORNE HAZARDS Tim Turney, Global Marketing
Manager at Casella, explains how implementing a monitoring control regime can protect employees from the consequences of exposure to airborne hazards.
THE RIGHT FIT FOR ALL Designing and
manufacturing PPE to meet the needs of today's diverse workforce is essential for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of every worker in the UK, says Ian Kelsall, Technical Specialist, Respiratory Protection Equipment (RPE) at Draeger Safety UK.
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