Hazardous Areas: Your 2024 New Year’s Resolutions
Wednesday 17 January
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From getting healthier to saving more money, January is the month in which many people make beneficial plans for their year ahead, and this also applies to hazardous areas too! With the new year here, there’s no better time than now to take stock and set your workplace up for a successful and safe 2024. Here are a few useful steps you can take this month to ensure your hazardous areas are safe...
Our End of Year Review
Wednesday 13 December
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With 2024 on the horizon, now is a great time to look back and reflect on the successes of 2023 and let you know about our upcoming Christmas opening hours. It has been a great year and we’d like to extend our gratitude to our employees, clients and suppliers for helping us achieve another successful 12 months! We were delighted to achieve our ISO 45001:2018 certification this year which is...
The Importance of Regular DSEAR Assessments
Tuesday 21 November
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It’s common knowledge that following the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 is an essential measure to protect your business from fire and explosion. These regulations are often followed by businesses through initial DSEAR assessments at the design stage. However, incidents are occurring in which businesses haven’t been proactive with their safety measures and are...
ATEX Inspections: The Ultimate Equipment Safety Measure
Monday 16 October
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Although they may seem like a ‘worst-case scenario’, workplace explosions are a risk sector-wide, and the possibility is apparent at any hazardous area with flammable gases, mists, vapours or combustible dusts present. For this reason, ATEX directives are in place. The two directives that encompass ATEX serve to give workplaces essential guidance and steps to take responsibility on their...
Your Guide To The Fluorescent Tubes Ban 2023
Monday 18 September
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On September 1st 2023 new changes were introduced by the EU Commission to phase out T5 and T8 fluorescent tubes across the UK altogether. This new measure means that all business owners must comply with the revised Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and transition to alternative lighting systems. You may be thinking, what do I need to do? Well, now that these requirements...
How Static Earthing Can Protect Your Site
Wednesday 16 August
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Businesses with hazardous areas constantly work to reduce the risk of ignition as best as they can, through regular monitoring, training, PPE and much more. You do everything you can to protect your employees and workplace however there are measures that are out of your control such as the natural occurrence of static electricity. What is Static Electricity? Static electricity is an...
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Explosion-proof Lighting: Advice for UK Businesses
Explosion-proof lighting is often referred to as hazardous area lighting or hazardous location lighting, and it encompasses lighting which is designed to contain sparks to prevent them from causing fires and explosions.
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Hazardous Area Inspections 101: What You Need to Know
The simple definition of a hazardous area is ‘an environment in which there are flammable gases, vapours, dusts or fibres present which create or may create an explosive atmosphere’.
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Hazardous Area Lighting For A Hydrogen Dispensing Area
We were contacted to supply and install zone 1 hazardous area lighting to our clients’ hydrogen dispensing area.
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Waste Management Plant Room ATEX Lighting
For a client with a waste management plant room, we supplied and installed zone 1 ATEX certified lighting as well as emergency lighting controls via ATEX certified motion sensor controllers.
