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Welcome to the latest BSIF e:newsletter, brought to you in association with Health and Safety Matters.

In this issue we bring you news of two new initiatives to be brought to you by the BSIF in association with the HSE. Fit2Fit is a scheme being developed to increase awareness of the need for fit-testing and Clean Air? - Take Care! is a campaign to improve awareness of the need for adequate respiratory protection to be launched in early 2009.

We also bring you full details of the winners of the 2008 BSIF awards and a reminder to get in quickly to book your place for this October's BSIF networking day.

As always, for further information on any of the products listed below, please use the free reader enquiry service and provide a brief description of your requirements.

David Lummis, BSIF

‘Working Together in Safety’

Products & Services


 Ready for an emergency?
The end of this year will see the publication of the revised HSG33 Health and Safety in Roofwork...



 DSE: Know the facts
Although the Display Screen Equipment Regulations require employers to provide health and safety information and training, most users remain unaware of the full extent of injury resulting from poor work station habits, says Safety Media...



 Getting a measure of noise
Banks Group, has been using Cirrus Noise measuring equipment to ensure its operations at the new Shotton Surface Mine near Cramlington in Northumberland have been designed and are conducted in an environmentally acceptable way...



 No unwanted crushes
When you buy spill containment equipment, in particular spill pallets, drum stacking units and drum dollies you don’t expect them to collapse or break under the weight of the drums...



 Helmet comes out on top
The winner of this year's BSIF Product Innovation Award, the Peltor Solaris submitted by Aearo (now part of 3M) enables the wearer to see when a helmet is unusable due to UV exposure...


BSIF SOLVES HARMONISED STANDARDS PROBLEM
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SELF REGULATORY ACCREDITATION FOR FIT TESTERS
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COMPETENCE CHECK FOR SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
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UK SAFETY INDUSTRY SURVEY PRIZE DRAW WINNER
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BSIF NETWORKING DAY 2008
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TIME FOR PUBS, CLUBS AND CONCERT VENUES TO COMPLY WITH NOISE REGULATIONS WARNS BSIF
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HEIGHT SAFETY
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BSIF WORKING TO ENSURE SAFETY PERSONNEL COMPETENCE
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COSHH MATERIAL DATA SHEETS
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BSIF LAUNCHES ACCREDITED SUPPLIERS SCHEME
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PUT SAFETY FIRST
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USING CHEMICALS SAFELY
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LIQUID SPILLS SAFETY HAZARDS
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FIT TESTING FOR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
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News


 BSIF to launch Fit2Fit scheme
It is widely accepted that any form of respiratory protection needs to provide an adequate seal with the face of the wearer even when positive pressure equipment is being used...

 Forthcoming campaign: Clean Air? - Take Care!
Within the HSE's chemical programme there is a strong desire to improve everyone's awareness of the need for adequate respiratory protection...

 BSIF award winners 2008
The winners of the 2008 BSIF Awards were announced to a packed auditorium at the Safety and Health Expo in Birmingham on the 13th May...

 When is PPE not PPE?
One of the answers to this question appears to be "when the product is a medical device"...

 Accreditation of Safety Professionals
As many readers will know the BSIF has been a strong supporter of the idea that safety professionals should be the subject of self-regulation...

 Networking Day - book now
An opportunity to network with old friends and new colleagues, the BSIF annual networking day takes place Monday 13th October at the popular Forest of Arden hotel...