Top 10 Christmas myths

Christmas is a special time of year. Even so, it doesn’t stop health and safety being – wrongly – cited as a reason for preventing pretty harmless activities from going ahead.

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Fairgrounds eBulletin

Keep up to date with the latest news and information on fairgrounds safety, subscribe to a  free regular email bulletin.

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Global manufacturer prosecuted over factory worker’s death

A global manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed at an Andrex factory in Barrow-in-Furness. Christopher Massey, a former Barrow Raiders rugby player, was struck by a piece of machinery while working on a night shift at the Kimberly-Clark plant on Park Road on 8 November 2007.

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RR900 – Visualisation and control of solder fume exposure: A quantitative assessment of LEV effectiveness

Colophony or Rosin Based Solder Flux Fume is a known cause of occupational asthma and as such exposure to it should be controlled. An effective method of engineering exposure control is to use local exhaust ventilation (LEV) to extract the fume at source.

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