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London's property bubble is sparking evermore creative ways to maximise the space of its residents with many of the city's elite taking to digging down creating huge basement spaces, a knock on consequence of this is in creating a different kind of graveyard in the heart of our capital city.
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From time to time you’ll hear people referring to dust masks and respirators, so it’s understandable that people might get confused and ask: “what’s the difference between a dust mask and a respirator”. Technically, a dust mask is a piece of respiratory protective equipment and its right to refer to a dust mask as a respirator.Read more »
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All construction sites generate a certain amount of dust and if you work on one you may be exposed to construction dust so it’s important you think about how you will mitigate the risk.Read more »
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When we’re speaking with tradespeople and building firms about PPE one question that often comes up is how are different ages affected by noise hazards on building sites? It may surprise you to know that younger construction workers are a lot more vulnerable to noise hazards than older workers.Read more »
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It may seem straight forward that if you've got a good grip on something you can hang onto it – but have you ever wondered what the implications are for not having good glove grip?Read more »
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Regulations and requirements for respiratory protection on a construction site comes under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) rules.Read more »
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The HSE is launching a surge in safety checks on expensive London basement conversion projects in the more salubrious London boroughs next week.Read more »
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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics indicate that over 15% of all accidents in the workplace are cuts, and of those cuts, one third are accidents in which the wrists, hands and fingers receive cut injuries.Read more »
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At OBAS we sell a huge range of safety footwear. These tend to focus on making sure they offer maximum protection should the wearer drop something on their foot or should something fall on them. Our safety footwear products come in a wide range of options including safety shoes, safety trainers, safety boots, safety wellington and even safety waders!Read more »
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Approval for Scunthorpe United’s new 12,000-seater stadium has been granted planning permission.Read more »
