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Honda fined £10,000 for Swindon factory accident 06/02/2013

Car manufacturer Honda has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after a worker lost two fingers at its Swindon plant.

Cambridge firm and consultant fined over chemical exposure 23/01/2013

Cambridge instrument firm Prior Scientific Instruments and a health and safety consultant have both been fined for failing to protect employees from hazardous chemicals.

Components manufacturer fined after faulty grinding wheel fractures workers skull 22/10/2012

A metal components manufacture has been fined £16,500 after a grinding wheel smashed through an inadequately trained agency worker's visor and left a piece of bone touching his brain.
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Lessons to be learned on safety eyewear selection 14/08/2012

More than half of health and safety professionals are unaware who should be responsible for specifying safety eyewear, according to new research.

BSIF/REMA warn over fake vests 23/06/2011

Manufacturers have been warned to watch out for illegal personal protective equipment (PPE) entering the UK.

Brammer urges manufacturers to review PPE 20/01/2011

Industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist Brammer, has urged UK manufacturing companies to continually review the personal protective equipment (PPE) they use to ensure they are getting the best value and protection – and meeting legal requirements.

Bloodhound project appoints safety gear supplier 16/12/2010

The safety company Arco has been appointed as the exclusive supplier of personal protective equipment, footwear and workwear to the Bloodhound support team that will design, build and race a car to raise the world land speed record to over 1,000mph.

BSIF produces new guide on respiratory equipment 15/11/2010

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has produced a new user guide to offer clear advice to respiratory protective equipment (RPE) users, specifiers and suppliers following a number of amendments to the standards for RPE earlier this year. In particular the guide focuses on the change to EN149 2001 which applies to disposable particulate respirators and will therefore affect many manufacturers, suppliers and users of RPE.

New breathability from 3M 07/09/2010

Diversified technology company 3M has introduced a new range of powered and supplied air respiratory protective systems which it says offer a comprehensive, modular approach to worker protection.