Blog Archive

October 2013

The following are posts from October 2013:

QUALSURV - Latest News

QUALSURV Environmental Solutions(QES) has recently gained Certificationof ISO/IEC 17025, enabling them to carry outair monitoring and 4 stage clearance. They have also recently moved into new premises enabling them to comfortably expand. Please click here to see the full [PDF] article
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Occupational Health and Safety - Past, Present and Future

Occupational Health and Safety is a recent development. Labour movements in the wake of the industrial revolution lead to workers being able to freely express their views and concerns about safe and healthy working practices. The first piece of legislation that created the first Health and Safety Inspectors (or then known as Factory Inspectors) was the Factories Act 1833. This initially focussed...
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Subbies use domestic vacuum to clean up asbestos

Grant Prior reports on how aNorth East glass firm has been fined after potentially exposing nearly 200 workers and visitors to dangerous asbestos fibres at its Consett premises. They used a domestic vacuum cleaner to clean up the dust and debris and later used it in several parts of the building as they put up the sensors, spreading asbestos fibres around the premises. Click here to read full ar...
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Big Data and Management Software

Over the last couple of years 'Big Data' has become more important to understand and deal with. Many companies have been able to embrace the swell in information that needs analysing. Others, for whatever reason end up leaving the most valuable information at their disposal in the ether. Awareness is definitely one reason companies are not addressing the issue. Understanding the merits of analysin...
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