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All welding activity in UK now needs local exhaust ventilation

...general ventilation does not achieve the necessary control of welding fumes.HSE Safety Alert STSU1 – 2019 The UK’s HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has recently released a safety alert (Feb 2019) which highlights a change in enforcement expectations for all workers, employers, self-employed, contractors’ and any others who undertake welding activities. HSE will now look to ensure all welding activities have effective engineering fume controls (such as local exhaust ventilation LEV or ...

When you need to use an air blower to clean down your clothes

If you’re looking for a dust removal system solution for your workers or your home workshop There are many industries where workers get covered in dust, fibres and other minute particles as part of their everyday work - mining (coal, minerals), stone and granite, wood products, forestry,  quarries, paper and tissue production, carpets and textiles, cement and plasterboard, and even construction and power. As workers leave the dusty location to go home or to lunch and clean rooms, they nee...

9-1-1 TV episode with compressed air gun incident makes for uncomfortable viewing

The dangers of compressed air So I’m watching TV the other night and an episode of 9-1-1 is on. It is a show about an LA-based first responders’ team made up of paramedics, fire fighters, police, and the 911 call centre staff. Each episode is usually a series of incidents based around a theme. This particular episode was called “Under pressure” (Season 2, episode 1) and showed LA in the middle of a heat wave, which ultimately meant earthquake weather (I’m not sure how those two relate,...