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This month in the safety realm, we mark the World Day for Safety at Work on 28th April. Coincidentally, it’s also Worker Memorial Day. I mention these two anniversaries because I have been known to quote statistics about occupational safety and fatalities in my posts. They are a stark reality in my area of safety provision and remain serious work-related issues in the UK. How ...

This time last year, we had just embarked on our first lockdown.  There was some alarm about it, but everyone rallied to the cry. However, we had no idea how serious things would really get, and how long it would all last. As we look ahead to the tentative re-opening of the country in 2021, and getting back to normality, I do wonder about attitudes to work-related safety now.  ...

SiteZone Safety, will supply their patent-pending SmartBubble upgrade option on all excavator proximity warning systems From 1st April 2021, all new excavator systems supplied by SiteZone Safety will have SmartBubble’s Deadman’s Handle (DMH) option installed as a standard safety feature. SiteZone is the only proximity warning system (PWS) available with this patent-pending Sm ...

SiteZone Safety is looking for a Production Technician/Stores Controller to undertake general assembly, test and repair duties on the SiteZone Safety product range and be responsible for the operation of the companies stores, goods inwards and despatch.

  Job brief OnGrade is a market-leading supplier of innovative safety technology under our SiteZone Safety brand.  The company operates across a range of industries including the Waste sector, Construction, Highways, Rail, Energy and Industrial applications. Our success to date has been achieved by building strong client relationships and endeavouring to provide outstanding l ...

I was pleased to see that among the most popular safety trends forecast for 2021 is wearable technology. Speaking from my own experience as a supplier of wearable safety tech, we’ve been able to see and hear from clients what a positive difference it makes to site safety. COVID-19 remains the elephant in the room. It’s permeating everything in our lives, especially work-relate ...

COVID-19 has bid us a happy new year by staying close – far too close to us.  We are back in lockdown, and the infection numbers are through the roof – what a sobering thud back to earth after our meagre, but desperately longed-for Christmas. Yet, we know that there’s help on the horizon with new vaccines, and we must focus on that as a way out of this situation. Normality will ...