HealthandSafety Archives - Professional Builder

Dickies Deltona Safety Boot
|Date: 29 November, 2016

Dickies Deltona Safety Boot
Dickies aims to offer good value with the Deltona safety boot, aimed at those for whom the SRC sole unit ...
Dickies aims to offer good value with the Deltona safety boot, aimed at those for whom the SRC sole unit and anti-slip properties are imperative. The protection within the toe-caps and midsole is comp ...
29 November, 2016
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Everbuild: Wonder Wipes
|Date: 25 November, 2016

Everbuild: Wonder Wipes
Multi-Use Wonder Wipes offer the ability to clean hands and tools effortlessly, and now with the launch o ...
Multi-Use Wonder Wipes offer the ability to clean hands and tools effortlessly, and now with the launch of Monster Wonder Wipes from Everbuild – A Sika Company, they can be enjoyed for even longer. Co ...
25 November, 2016
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How to Make Construction Safer?
|Date: 11 November, 2016

How to Make Construction Safer?
If someone asked you what the most ‘dangerous’ industry in the UK is, jobs that involve heavy and fast-mo ...
If someone asked you what the most ‘dangerous’ industry in the UK is, jobs that involve heavy and fast-moving machinery, heights, electricity or the military would instantly come to mind. These sugges ...
11 November, 2016
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Flare’s New Approach to Earplugs
|Date: 5 November, 2016

Flare’s New Approach to Earplugs
Traditional earplugs rely on absorption to attenuate sound, which rapidly meets its limit particularly wi ...
Traditional earplugs rely on absorption to attenuate sound, which rapidly meets its limit particularly with bass frequencies. ISOLATE protectors reflect sound away from the ears and therefore achieve ...
5 November, 2016
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Inventor’s Corner: Evenna Ladder Clip
|Date: 12 July, 2016

Inventor’s Corner: Evenna Ladder Clip
Experience and innovation. Professional builder talks to a man who has quite literally harnessed those tw ...
Experience and innovation. Professional builder talks to a man who has quite literally harnessed those two crucial commodities to help prevent ladder users from becoming another "Falls from heights" s ...
12 July, 2016
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The Ladder Association Launches Ladder Exchange Scheme
|Date: 3 November, 2015

The Ladder Association Launches Ladder Exchange Scheme
Workplaces are being urged to take advantage of a scheme that offers discounts on new ladders that are pa ...
Workplaces are being urged to take advantage of a scheme that offers discounts on new ladders that are part exchanged for old, damaged and unsafe ladders. ...
3 November, 2015
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Grade A Scaffold Boards Warning
|Date: 13 October, 2015

Grade A Scaffold Boards Warning
The ‘A’ in Grade A scaffold boards are a potential ‘accident waiting to happen’, warns John Brash ...
The ‘A’ in Grade A scaffold boards are a potential ‘accident waiting to happen’, warns John Brash ...
13 October, 2015
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Get More from Security Sales with the Return of NHSM
|Date: 10 September, 2015

Get More from Security Sales with the Return of NHSM
Having established success and gained growing support over the past few years, National Home Security Mon ...
Having established success and gained growing support over the past few years, National Home Security Month will return again this October, highlighting the importance of home security to homeowners a ...
10 September, 2015
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Outstanding Dedication to Health & Safety Onsite
|Date: 11 June, 2015

Outstanding Dedication to Health & Safety Onsite
The UK’s safest house builders have been honoured by NHBC for their outstanding dedication to health and ...
The UK’s safest house builders have been honoured by NHBC for their outstanding dedication to health and safety onsite. A total of 54 sites from across the country have been Commended in the first rou ...
11 June, 2015
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JSP Partners Construction Industry Charity the Lighthouse Club
|Date: 6 May, 2015

JSP Partners Construction Industry Charity the Lighthouse Club
JSP is proud to announce a new and exclusive safety partnership with the Lighthouse Club, the charity tha ...
JSP is proud to announce a new and exclusive safety partnership with the Lighthouse Club, the charity that supports the construction industry. As part of its championship of the charity’s work, JSP ha ...
6 May, 2015
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Ironmongerydirect Launches Fire Door Safety Checklist
|Date: 1 May, 2015

Ironmongerydirect Launches Fire Door Safety Checklist
IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, ...
IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, has launched a new fire door safety checklist to equip trade professionals with all the knowled ...
1 May, 2015
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Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
|Date: 29 April, 2015

Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbest ...
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos, the majority of tradespeople still don’t recognise that asbestos exposure continues to be t ...
29 April, 2015
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Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
|Date: 16 April, 2015

Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenchi ...
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenching messages, written by people who have lost husbands, wives, fathers and children to asbestos- ...
16 April, 2015
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Energy efficient homes linked to asthma
|Date: 11 December, 2014

Energy efficient homes linked to asthma
The drive for energy efficient homes could increase asthma risks, according to new research. Led by a tea ...
The drive for energy efficient homes could increase asthma risks, according to new research. Led by a team at the University of Exeter Medical School, the research has found that a failure by resident ...
11 December, 2014
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BPF welcomes additional energy efficiency funding
|Date: 11 December, 2014

BPF welcomes additional energy efficiency funding
The British Property Federation (BPF) has today welcomed the second release of Green Deal Home Improvemen ...
The British Property Federation (BPF) has today welcomed the second release of Green Deal Home Improvement funding but encourages the Government to implement longer term solutions to tackle carbon emi ...
11 December, 2014
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Basic Health & Safety
|Date: 27 November, 2014

Basic Health & Safety
HSE is urging the construction industry to ensure basic health & safety measures are in place after a ...
HSE is urging the construction industry to ensure basic health & safety measures are in place after a month long inspection initiative found 40 per cent of sites failing to properly protect worker ...
27 November, 2014
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