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4 Step Welding Fume Guide for Farmers in Farmers Weekly

4 Step Welding Fume Guide for Farmers in Farmers Weekly

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Auto Extract Systems have helped Farmers Weekly provide a comprehensive welding fume guide.   Farmers Welding Fume Guide The guide was put together to help farmers understand and put in place solutions to the risks that derive from welding tasks. The guide explains the HSE legislation reclassification (which was introduced in February 2019) and how to ...
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Keep Calm and Carry on COSHH Testing

Keep Calm and Carry on COSHH Testing

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Keep calm and carry on LEV testing is the advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE have updated the latest information for engineering, metalworking and motor vehicle repair businesses concerning the examination and testing of work equipment, as businesses across the UK reopen their doors after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.   LEV Testing: ...
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Provide Clean Air, Protect Your Staff, Save Lives

Provide Clean Air, Protect Your Staff, Save Lives

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After a ten-week lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the begin to open their doors and staff return to work amid concerns for the safety of staff.   The Importance of Clean Air The importance of clean air and the health and safety of employees (whilst in work) has never been of such paramount ...
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Occupational Asthma: Do you Complete Health Surveillance Assessments?

Occupational Asthma: Do you Complete Health Surveillance Assessments?

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HSE conducted a series of telephone interviews to assess what percentage of companies carry out health surveillance assessments. From the research, HSE found that from 457 organisations that participated in the research, 67% reported they actively carried out health surveillance assessments. Furthermore, of those organisations which declared processes that involve exposure to asthmagens only 19% carried out some ...
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The HSE Tighten Their ‘Dustbuster’ Belts to reduce Workplace Dusts

The HSE Tighten Their ‘Dustbuster’ Belts to reduce Workplace Dusts

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The HSE’s ‘Dustbuster Belt’ In June 2019, the HSE announced that they’re tightening their ‘dustbuster’ belts on businesses to assess how well they’re protecting workers from dust exposure in the workplace. The new ‘dustbuster’ campaign aims to raise awareness to both workers and employers of the life-changing/threatening health risks that dust exposure ...
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