PPE is becoming increasingly important across global construction, infrastructure and industrial technology, influencing how projects are visualised, coordinated, delivered and managed over time.
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From planning and design to field execution and asset management, this topic sits at the centre of digital change across the built environment, helping teams improve visibility, accuracy, coordination and long-term performance.
Roads are not safe places. Every year, over 135,000 people are injured in accidents on the UK’s highways. Of these, nearly 2,000 die. If roads are already dangerous...
uvex to feature #PPEthatfits at The Health & Safety Event 2024 uvex will be demonstrating how to ensure an optimal PPE fit at The Health & Safety Event (30 April-...
Metalworking fluids (MWFs) are an indispensable product within the railway industry, facilitating the machining and shaping of metals by providing lubrication and cooling...
Across many different sectors of the construction industry, conveyors are used. This machinery provides an efficient way to transport materials in bulk across a building...
Whether workers are male or female, their PPE needs to fit properly to guarantee adequate protection. uvex’s Clair Weston explains how PPE “fit clinics” – and product ran...
Millions of working professionals are required to wear protective workwear and PPE items every day. From construction to the rail and highways sectors, employers and the...
PULSAR®, a leading name in technical and protective performance apparel, has launched its new Life collection, a comprehensive range of environmentally responsible, hi-vi...
Hilti has launched a new and improved version of its innovative wearable EXO-O1 skeleton, the EXO-S, offering relief for above shoulder level tasks and with broad suitabi...
Anyone who works with electrical or electromechanical equipment knows that safety is important. But defining specifically how to achieve a safe work environment requires...
If you work in the construction industry, chances are you’re on your feet all day and constantly using your hands. But you might not always take the time to look after yo...
uvex has launched a sustainable safety glove featuring patented Bamboo TwinFlex® yarn technology that provides comfort, sensitivity and high cut protection all in one. Th...
injuries are among the most common worker injuries, particularly in construction. The Health & Safety Executive identifies the main hazards to the feet and legs as in...
Safety is the most important consideration of any construction site and underpins all work that takes place. If safety isn’t made a top priority, then there can be a rang...
CASE Construction Equipment and BRUNT Workwear are joining forces with a formal and unique partnership to better the lives of the hard-working operators of America. This...
uvex has released an array of cutting-edge safety footwear that is suitable for use across a range of different work environments. The 14 new styles incorporate the lates...
Slips, trips and falls (STFs) remain the top causes of major injuries in the workplace. According to the International Labour Organization, more than a million workers gl...
More and more industries are expanding to embrace women workers, from more heavy-duty and construction sectors to transport, and higher corporate positions. This drive-in...
When it comes to industries that encounter hazards day to day, construction comes out on top. Research from HSE found that a quarter of the fatal injuries to workers in t...
uvex has launched a new collection of safety eyewear that offers protection for workers as well as the planet. The uvex i-range comprises three models that protect agains...
Ford has teamed up with the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to “Make it Visible” – a new high-visibility campaign using higher-viz safety vests to grab attention...
Magid has taken coreless cut protection to the next level with DX+ Technology® (“DX Plus Technology”). Building on the ground-breaking advances of Magid’s 2018 DX Technol...
Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, is a legal requirement in every working environment. Some environments have a greater need than others, and the construction indust...
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel super-hygroscopic material that enhances sweat evaporation within a personal p...
Employers in Great Britain need to ensure that they are ready to provide the same level of hearing protection to workers who carry out casual work as employees who have a...
protect workers in a wide range of industries from impact and cut injuries while providing exceptional grip in heavy liquids and oils. Magid has introduced its new corele...
Hardstaff Barriers, which manufactures and supplies vehicle restraint systems (VRS) and security barriers, is now ensuring that all personal protective equipment that can...
As in so many aspects of our lives, two seismic events have caused enormous change in the business of making and regulating PPE; the pandemic and Brexit. When the pandemi...
A leader in PPE innovations, Magid is producing unmatched lightness and comfort that protects workers in the hot and dangerous conditions of glass manufacturing. The 2021...
Article by Steve Perkins, Managing Director of Steve Perkins Associates, working with Elaine Gazzini, Programme & Technical Director at Connect Plus. Covid-19 has thr...
There is a lot of discussion in the UK at the moment about masks, as from 19 July, it is no longer legally required to wear these in England. The Government is leaving th...
June 21 – 27 marks Love your Lungs Week, a British Lung Foundation initiative to promote better lung health. Alex Minett, Head of Product & Markets at CHAS, loo...
Medtech company Bioservo Technologies is releasing an updated version of the groundbreaking exoskeleton glove – Ironhand® 2.0, complete with improved activation, better g...
MIT researchers have created the first fibre with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyse, and infer activity after being sewn into a shirt. Yoel Fink, who is...
As well as being exposed to a high risk of injury from accidents, construction workers report 20% more back pain than employees in any other industry. Although back sprai...
We all love a bask in the sun from time to time — especially if it’s on a warm beach or in your garden on a summer’s day. But when you work outdoors, overly w...
Magid’s D-ROC® AeroDex® GPD482 won the Best in Show award voted on by attendees of this year’s virtual NSC Safety Conference, proving once again that Magid’s innovations...
Global eye protection specialist Bollé Safety now provides Trivex, with a high-performance, high-technology prescription lens providing maximum security and great optical...
As time has progressed, the list of PPE protective equipment needed in the construction industry has increased. Consider, for example, that just under 20% of total fatal...
The ASTM International Exo Technology Center of Excellence is hosting a virtual panel discussion on Exoskeletons: Considerations When Deciding to Use Them as Personal Pro...
Centurion, the trusted PPE manufacturer is encouraging anyone buying face screens, also marketed as visors, cough guards, face guards and sneeze protection, to ask the fo...
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