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Hi All, Currently doing lots of work in this area at the moment. We have certain airborne contaminants that I need to protect from and after speaking to those who know, the best way forward for anything other than nuisance dust is to use an air fed system. So that's what we are doing. Face fit testi...

I personally have removed Acetylene from all 3 sites I have encountered it.

There probably are situations that need it, but I've always been able to find a safer alternative

Thanks guys,

I had googled round the subject and came to the same assumption, but not my area of expertise so thought I'd check.

Another phone call for Monday then.

Thanks..

Si

Hi Guys, Firstly, Happy New Year to you all. Next, I'm looking for some advice regards food vending machines. Not entirely H&S but definitely Safety related. Who controls them from a legislative perspective? In short, we have a vending machine on-site which is filled daily by a local sandwich sh...

That's exactly the info I'm trying to develop. the problem arises when I come across a 3rd year apprentice who's very mature, thorough and sensible (currently 19) and a 35 year old who plays Fortnite and lives with her mum, (yes you read that correctly). How do I quantify the "What were you thi...

Hi All, I know this is an old post but I'm bringing it back because the topic is the same. I have built a spreadsheet to record and analyse accident data, it's deliberately very basic to enable root cause over big data and only records department/area of incident and type of injury. This enables me ...

Hi Guys,

Does anyone work with or have a working knowledge of Halon Extinguishers?

I have one that I do not need and was contemplating my next step.

Thanks in advance

Si

Hi All, Lets all take a few steps back here. Where is the dust from? Why so much dust? You mention LEV, can it be improved? Can the tools or equipment be improved with better extraction? (i'm a fan of the Festool range) Are we talking about fine dusts from sanding or larger shavings from planning? E...

Hi Andy, I've looked at this in the past and ultimately decided we didnt have enough racking, most can be classed as shelving. So gave it some thought. If you do have lots of high bay racking at risk from FLT's or VNA Trucks then I would ask your racking supplier for guidance and build a checklist f...

All sorted now

Many Thanks to BUNSTER

Hi Folks

Anyine got a copy of L117 - “Rider-operated lift trucks: Operator training and safe use, Approved Code of Practice and guidance” that they can send me a PDF copy of.

HSE site is down for me.

TIA

Si

Hi Spesh,

Personally, I'd call an activity or process "High Risk" and a situation or area "Hazardous"

Hope that helps