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Personal Protective Equipment
BS 8599-1:2019 Workplace First Aid Standard Explained
What is the BS 8599-1 standard? The BS 8599-1 was introduced in 2011 and is the standard for Workplace First Aid Kits. The standard…
Personal Protective Equipment
The Right Cut Protection is in Your Hands
EN388:2016 Standard – What is the cut resistance test method? With the introduction of a new cut test method in 2016 – the EN…
Personal Protective Equipment
Respiratory Protection: All You Need to Know
Approx. 5.5 million workers are exposed to respiratory hazards in the workplace and research by both BSIF and HSE has highlighted concerns that RPE…
Personal Protective Equipment
Protect yourself against the Elements – All you need to know about the EN343 Standard
EN343:2003+A1:2007 is a European standard for protective clothing and establishes minimum values of protection from wind and rain. Workwear that is certified in accordance…
Achieve Maximum Cut Protection with the right Gloves
Year after year, hand injuries are among the leading causes of visits to A&E and missed workdays. The two most common forms of hand…
Why Safety is Important While Working at Height?
According to the HSE 2016/17 provisional report, falling from a height was the single biggest cause of fatal injuries, constituting 18% of all fatal…
All you Need to Know About the High-Visibility Clothing Standards
Being struck by a moving vehicle is the number one cause of workplace fatalities accounting for 31% of all deaths according to the HSE…
PPE Regulation changes – EU 2016/425
PPE Directive 89/686/EEC is now over 20 years old and, therefore, needs updating to reflect current technologies and processes of bringing PPE to the…
Changes to Standard EN388 – what you need to know
A new version of EN388, the mechanical hazards standards has been published. It will allow products offering higher levels of cut protection to be…