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Last Posting Days for 5-day Delivery Items!

If you want to receive your 5-day delivery items before Christmas, order before 15th December, 12pm! With Christmas around the corner, and the countdown in full swing. Certain products can still be delivered in time for Christmas, find them listed below. To avoid disappointment order before 12pm 15th December! Some of the products you can order to be delivered before Christmas: Barriers and Bollards Heavy Duty Steel Hoop Guards Designed to protect equipment, vehicles and mains valves from collision and damage. Each hoop allows a pedestrian walkway to ensure they are protected in vulnerable areas such as round corners and in… Read more

14th December 2016 0

How to keep Safe During the Christmas Period – Safety Direct2U

The holiday season is a time of cheer, joy and celebration at the same time there in an increased risk of accidents occurring in the home. Such accidents include: food poisoning, trips and falls and accidents involving Christmas trees. Risks of fire hazards also increase at Christmas time due to increase number of hazards in the home. Back in 2002, it was estimated that 1000 people visited A&E in the UK after accidents with Christmas trees and 350 people after home accidents involving fairy lights. Follow these top tips to reduce the risks of accident in and around your home… Read more

12th December 2016 0

Armorgard Barricade – the Reliable Expanding Barrier

Safety is paramount while working in areas with pedestrians and motorised traffic. It is vital to quickly communicate dangers to machine operators, crowds, and workers to avoid slips, trips, falls, or injuries. How do you quickly mark out a working area, indicate hazards and direct traffic in one go? Having an expanding barrier handy is useful in these situations. And our barrier of choice is the Armorgard Barricade! Expanding Barriers – Putting Barriers Between People and Hazards Barricades help save and improve lives by creating distance between people and these hazards: open access to a dangerous construction zone distractions for… Read more

28th November 2016 0

Health & Safety in the Catering Industry

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Regulations regarding workplaces are put in place to insure the risk of work-related death, injury and ill health is significantly reduced. Accidents in many types of catering organisation are on the increase and common hazard include and are not limited to: Food Slicers Electrical faults Exposed Wires Trip hazards Oil fires No ventilation Employers must adhere to several legislation to ensure the health and safety of their employees; as can be seen below. Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Places a duty on all employers “to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work” The… Read more

16th November 2016 0