Posts Tagged ‘Entrapment’

September 8, 2010

New safety advice issued on electric gates

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the HSE following the recent deaths of two children.
The safety alert points out that limiting the closing forces of gates alone will not provide sufficient protection to meet the relevant standards, and installers must fit [...]

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July 27, 2010

SAFETY NOTICE – MOBILE ELEVATED WORKING PLATFORMS

The use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP’s) are currently under investigation by the HSE following  a number of fatal and serious accidents where operators have become trapped between the guardrails or other equipment on the platform and adjacent obstructions.
 The selection and application of MEWPS need to be carefully managed and implemented by competent people. [...]

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