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Why it is important to ensure your wheels are balanced
Why it is important to ensure your wheels are balanced Cars are one of the most popular modes of transport across the entire UK. They provide quick and easy access to every part of any city, so it com...
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National Highways on course to deliver Smart Motorway safety upgrade
National Highways on course to deliver Smart Motorway safety upgrade The installation of new safety equipment on smart motorways without a permanent hard shoulder will be completed within the next fiv...
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Lancashire Council fined after Highways Team develop Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome
Lancashire Council fined after Highways Team develop Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome Lancashire County Council has been fined £50,000 after several employees carrying out work in the highways department d...
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Xwatch Pitch, Roll and Trackunit Telematics the top choice for Cabbed Dumpers
Xwatch Pitch, Roll and Trackunit Telematics the top choice for Cabbed Dumpers Explore Plant and Transport Solutions, headquartered in Worksop, is committed to leading the way in site safety through th...
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Choosing the right Safety Boots for Road Work
Choosing the right Safety Boots for Road Work Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, is a legal requirement in every working environment. Some environments have a greater need than others, and the con...
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Minimizing workforce Risks on your Construction Projects
Minimizing workforce Risks on your Construction Projects The construction industry can be unpredictable and tremendously complex. Mismanagement and miscalculation can result in compromised work qualit...
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Flow of Traffic vs Speed Limit Dangers
Flow of Traffic vs Speed Limit Dangers Speed limits seem quite straightforward at a glance as they tell drivers to drive under the required number. However, a common belief that makes this issue a lit...
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Override vs Underride – Common reasons for Truck Accidents in California
Override vs Underride – Common reasons for Truck Accidents in California Truck and other commercial vehicle traffic accidents are a typical occurrence in the state of California. This is owing t...
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City of Joliet selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Program
City of Joliet selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Program Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced...
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What you need to know about Process Safety as a new Engineer
What you need to know about Process Safety as a new Engineer Now you’re fully trained and ready to get started in your new engineering role, there’s a lot of new processes and systems you...
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Xwatch partners with Tak Lee Machinery to expand globally
Xwatch partners with Tak Lee Machinery to expand globally Tak Lee Machinery Company Limited is a leading earthmoving equipment sales and rental service provider in Hong Kong. The company is the sole d...
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Thomas and Friends make special trip to London to teach kids about Rail Safety
Thomas & Friends make special trip to London to teach kids about Rail Safety A special episode of the much-loved children’s programme, Thomas & Friends®, is being released today to teach young...
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Motorola Body-Worn Cameras improve safety for National Highways in England
Motorola Body-Worn Cameras improve safety for National Highways in England With over four million journeys taking place across England’s motorways and major roads each day, National Highways has equip...
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Concrete Formworks – Recommended Safety Measures and Checklist
Concrete Formworks – Recommended Safety Measures and Checklist As a builder, it is essential that you plan and implement safety measures for formworks onsite and during construction. Incorrect i...
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Iteris wins $5m Florida DoT Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Initiative
Iteris wins $5m Florida DoT Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Initiative Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a...
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Mobile Mini a headline sponsor for Safety, Health and Environment Show North East
Mobile Mini a headline sponsor for Safety, Health and Environment Show North East Mobile Mini UK, one of the leading worldwide providers of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, has be...
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Roadflash announces European launch of hazard awareness wrap
Roadflash announces European launch of hazard awareness wrap A new brand has entered the automotive market with a range of products designed to keep road users safe in the case of a breakdown –...
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Is Hybrid Connectivity the answer to safer Smart Motorways?
Is Hybrid Connectivity the answer to safer Smart Motorways? Whatever the Government decides when it’s completed its review of the paused smart motorway programme in England, digitisation of road and l...
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Kane County DoT selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability
Kane County DoT selects Iteris for Smart Mobility, Safety and Sustainability Iteris, Inc., a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced that it has been selected by the K...
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Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger
Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger Highly automated driving functions must work safely and reliably in every situation – whether on the highway or in a multi-story car park....
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Ringway Jacobs A51 project hosts Safety and Sustainability Innovation Day
Ringway Jacobs A51 project hosts Safety and Sustainability Innovation Day Cheshire East Highways, an integrated highways services contract working on behalf of Ringway Jacobs, recently undertook a maj...
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MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech
MCD Developments reviews their choice of the XWatch system installed by SmartTech MCD Developments Civil Excavations engaged SmartTech Australia to install XWatch XW4 height and slew limiting systems...
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Magid’s new TRXDXG49 Glove delivers enhanced Safety Features and incredible Oil Grip
Magid’s new TRXDXG49 Glove delivers enhanced Safety Features and incredible Oil Grip Helping protect workers in a wide range of industries from impact and cut injuries while providing exceptiona...
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British Safety Council honours the best performing companies worldwide in 2021
British Safety Council honours the best performing companies worldwide in 2021 British Safety Council has announced the organisations that have been awarded the esteemed Sword of Honour and Globe of H...
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Trade Organisations can lead the way on Safe Stowage
Trade Organisations can lead the way on Safe Stowage Unsafe loads on vehicles injure more than 1,200 people a year and cost UK businesses millions of pounds in damaged goods. While most HGV fleet oper...
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Hardstaff Barriers proves PPE can protect the planet, as well as people
Hardstaff Barriers proves PPE can protect the planet, as well as people Hardstaff Barriers, which manufactures and supplies vehicle restraint systems (VRS) and security barriers, is now ensuring that...
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UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging
UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, welcomed more than 3.4 million searches for underground pipes and cables pass through its ce...
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Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces
Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces Culvert IoT Corporation, a hardware skunkworks to many of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies, today announced the...
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Reflections and projections for Building Safety in 2021
Reflections and projections for Building Safety in 2021 What a year it’s been for building safety. The construction sector has seen a significant amount of progress in this area over the last 12...
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Meet the Blaxtair Xwatch powered Safety Solution
Meet the Blaxtair Xwatch powered Safety Solution The “zero accident” objective in the workplace is a major challenge for many companies. Incidents involving pedestrians and mobile equipment such as ex...
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Vehicle Safety Equipment you shouldn’t operate without
Vehicle Safety Equipment you shouldn’t operate without Good safety measures do far more than prevent injury. They protect your investments, reduce repair costs, and help ensure that your operati...
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Leica Geosystems partners with Xwatch Safety Solutions for global excavator safety
Leica Geosystems partners with Xwatch Safety Solutions for global excavator safety Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced an integration partnership with Xwatch Safety Solutions Ltd, a UK...
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Granite Plants earn 2021 CalCIMA Safety Awards
Granite Plants earn 2021 CalCIMA Safety Awards Granite was honoured to receive two 2021 CalCIMA Excellence in Safety Awards at the 2021 CalCIMA Education Conference. The awards recognize “except...
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CHAS joins Building a Safer Future to spearhead construction safety
CHAS joins Building a Safer Future to spearhead construction safety CHAS, the supply-chain risk management expert, has become a registered signatory of Building a Safer Future and is encouraging other...
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Blackwood Plant Hire signs up to the Xwatch Safety Revolution in the UK
Blackwood Plant Hire signs up to the Xwatch Safety Revolution in the UK Blackwood Plant Hire, based in Kilmarnock, specialise in the hire of operated and self-drive excavators throughout Central Scotl...
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The environmental costs of a building destroyed by fire
The environmental costs of a building destroyed by fire In recent months, there have been a number of newsworthy industrial and commercial fires where we have seen a long distant shot of a large smoke...
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Audi RS Q e-tron sets high-voltage safety standards at the Dakar Rally
Audi RS Q e-tron sets high-voltage safety standards at the Dakar Rally Long before Audi unveiled the RS Q e-tron to the public in summer 2021, the racing engineering team was already intensively invol...
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Geotab, GM and OnStar team-up to encourage safer driving behaviours
Geotab, GM and OnStar team-up to encourage safer driving behaviours Underpinning its continued commitment to increase driver safety, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today...
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Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs
Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the Cadence® Safety Solution, a new offering targeting safety-crit...
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Brokk boosts confined space safety with shaft and tunnelling tools
Brokk boosts confined space safety with shaft and tunnelling tools Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, offers a range of attachments ideally suited for sh...
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Iteris wins City of Fremont Smart Mobility and Safety Initiative
Iteris wins City of Fremont Smart Mobility and Safety Initiative Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a $940,000 contra...
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University of Leeds looks at making self-driving cars human-friendly
University of Leeds looks at making self-driving cars human-friendly Scientists at the University of Leeds are investigating how to better understand human behaviour in traffic say that neuroscientifi...
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UCI and Irvine Smart Cities deploys Velodyne Lidar infrastructure solution
UCI and Irvine Smart Cities deploys Velodyne Lidar infrastructure solution Velodyne Lidar today announced its Intelligent Infrastructure Solution has been selected by the HORIBA Institute for Mobility...
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Thermal Imaging for large animal detection reduces Wildlife Collisions
Thermal Imaging for large animal detection reduces Wildlife Collisions According to the 2020 State Farm annual study, nearly two million collisions between vehicles and large animals occur every year...
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The unspoken dangers of Railway Perimeter Safety
The unspoken dangers of Railway Perimeter Safety UK based security fencing specialist, Jacksons Fencing has revealed findings from a survey regarding UK railway perimeter safety. With government plans...
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Cepton and Belam partner to increase safety at Railway Level Crossings
Cepton and Belam partner to increase safety at Railway Level Crossings Cepton, a Silicon Valley-based innovator of smart lidar solutions has teamed up with Lithuania-based system integrator Belam to i...
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Hyundai puts Factory Safety Service Robot to work to support Site Safety
Hyundai puts Factory Safety Service Robot to work to support Site Safety Hyundai Motor Group has introduced a Factory Safety Service Robot for industrial site safety, and announced its pilot operatio...
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Caterpillar announces the Guardhat™ Connected Worker system
Caterpillar announces the Guardhat™ Connected Worker system Expanding the Cat® MineStar™ Detect portfolio, Caterpillar is set to launch Connected Worker, a Guardhat™ developed saf...
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Magid revolutionizing PPE for the Glass Industry
Magid revolutionizing PPE for the Glass Industry A leader in PPE innovations, Magid is producing unmatched lightness and comfort that protects workers in the hot and dangerous conditions of glass manu...
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Network Rail uses innovative fibre-optic technology to boost safety
Network Rail uses innovative fibre-optic technology to boost safety Network Rail has awarded a contract to a consortium led by Thales Ground Transportation Systems Ltd to develop and trial Fibre Optic...
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