What you need for ATEX and UKCA Explosive Atmosphere Certification for the UK and EU Markets
Selling products for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in both the UK and EU will now require 2 marks, not just the ‘ATEX’ and ‘CE’ mark that was accepted when the UK was part of the EU. If your product previously required, an ‘ATEX Notified Body’ you will need to now use a UK Government UKCA Appointed Body that has explosive atmosphere certification (‘Ex’) on its scope.
ATEX Notified Body
ExVeritas ApS is a Notified Body, Number 2804, with full scope for (ATEX) 2014/34/EU Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. Notification can be verified online at the European Commission. ExVeritas ApS are accredited by the National Accreditation Body of Denmark (DANAK) against the EU ATEX Directive, Registration Number 7044.
UK Government UKCA Appointed Bodyfor ‘Ex’
ExVeritas UKCA Approved Body Number 2585. The Approved Body listing can be viewed on the UK Government Website and ExVeritas hold UKAS Product Certification, Quality System Certification & Test Laboratory Registration Number 8613.
As ExVeritas are also an IECEx Certification Body and Test laboratory, we can conduct 1 project (and one manufacturing audit) and you will get all 3 Certificates (ATEX, UKCA an IECEx) for the widest possible market access.
Quality Audit Requirements
If you previously needed an ATEX QAN you will now also need a UKCA Ex QAN, although it is based on the same audit Standard, there are differences for the UKCA Mark (such as use of UK Designated Standards). Companies such as ExVeritas can conduct just one audit to issue a UK QAN, an ATEX QAN and an IECEx QAR. In addition, we are a UKAS Certification Body for ISO9001 we can also combine that audit to further reduce cost and audit times.
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HACADS®, the leading provider of intelligent, model-driven hazardous area classification analysis and design solutions, announces the release of HACADS 1.0.
HACADS 1.0 is innovative with advanced functionalities that accelerate compliance & safety studies, improve process safety and loss prevention engineering & design, and reduce project delivery schedules through collaboration.
To increase productivity, and efficiency, organizations across all industries must create an environment that allows engineers, operators, and managers to collaborate, communicate, and design with confidence, as well as industry standards and measurement methods.
HACADS continues to invest in research and development hours for development, expanding on its advanced process safety and loss prevention design & operation solutions with verified & validated engineering and libraries.
A campaign emphasising the importance of working safely to avoid falls from the platform when using Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) to enable temporary work at height has been launched by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) at its annual Summit in London, UK, on 10 March 2022.
IPAF’s Don’t Fall For It! safety campaign outlines the possible underlying causes of falls from the platform when using MEWPs, which almost always lead to serious injury or death. It offers operators and managers key advice to mitigate the most common risks and avoid accidents of this type, as identified in IPAF’s ongoing incident reporting and analysis via the www.ipafaccidentreporting.org portal.
Peter Douglas, CEO & MD of IPAF, comments: “MEWPs are designed to safely conduct temporary work at height in just about every environment, but every year the most common type of accident we see reported are falls from the platform, which as you can imagine nearly always lead to serious injury or death if they occur while using machines at height.
“We are determined that our new Don’t Fall For It! targeted global safety campaign will help to instil safe working practices and remind operators and managers of some fairly basic positive steps they can take to reduce the risk of such incidents occurring. The messaging is really simple – select the correct machine for the job, don’t take risks, don’t cut corners, and wear the correct personal fall protection equipment in boom-type platforms.”
SFC Energy AG (F3C:DE, ISIN: DE0007568578), a leading supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions, has received another large-volume order from one of its exclusive partners. AWILCO ApS from Denmark has ordered EFOY fuel cells and accessories worth more than EUR 2.0 million for civil surveillance and security applications. The order will be fully recognized in sales and earnings in the current fiscal year. Last year, AWILCO already ordered nearly 400 EFOY fuel cells, doubling its order volume compared to the previous year 2020.
AWILCO has been an exclusive partner and distributor of SFC Energy for nearly 20 years. The EFOY fuel cells are primarily used for data collection in environmental technology. For example, they supply buoys on the high seas to measure wind and current speeds. The data collected form the basis for evaluating energy yields and environmental compatibility in offshore and nearshore applications. At the same time, they provide insights into construction and operational risks for offshore facilities.
The March/April issue of Hazarosus Engineering Solutions magazine is currently in production. We go to press with this issue on the 25th of March. Features for this issue are. Atex/Ukca/Safety Lighting/Fumes Dust & Extraction/Explosion Protection.
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Arco Professional Safety Services, the UK’s leading safety training company, has launched a new Learning Management System (LMS), offering over 50 e-learning awareness courses with the ability for customers to self-serve their health and safety training requirements. These courses, which can be completed remotely, are designed to provide a basic understanding of the various hazards that may be found in the workplace and are an ideal starting point to further, more in-depth training.
All employers have a legal obligation to ensure their employees are appropriately trained for the job they do. The Arco LMS offers a wider variety of training courses beyond the experiential training and classroom learning available at their training facilities, enabling more opportunity to implement training programmes for their workforce. Starting from just £20, courses available through the LMS platform include asbestos awareness, control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH), emergency first aid at work refresher (EFAW), fire awareness, manual handling and risk assessment. Employers can review the e-learning courses available and select those most appropriate to their needs, efficiently and cost-effectively.
The system has the potential to allow employers to create, view and manage appropriate training programmes suitable for specific individuals, roles or companies. With the support of the Arco Professional Safety Service training team, this could then be linked to a comprehensive offering including bespoke learning modules, videos, documentation, course booking options for assessing or practical application of knowledge and assessments.
Arco’s specialist instructors have a wealth of industry experience and can provide businesses with the most relevant training to help keep workers safe. Offering a wide range of courses, Arco Professional Safety Services cover training for the below disciplines, alongside the LMS system:
Working at Height
Confined Spaces
Respiratory
Health and Safety
Brian Grunes, Training Manager says: “We have a core purpose to help keep people safe at work and have developed this new Learning Management System to make it easy for business to choose, book and deliver the most appropriate awareness-based training courses for their employees. From Fire Awareness to First Aid and Ladder Safety, our comprehensive e-learning course offering is brought together in one, simple to use, online resource to help businesses maintain a safe working environment for everyone.”
Faelsafe Life Safety, the national fire and life safety company, has transformed its business using BigChange field service management software. Since implementing the cloud-based platform, Faelsafe has reduced its administrative resource, eliminated paper from its mobile operation and improved the efficiency of engineers working across mainland UK.
Working directly for organisations such as Stoke and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue, Wooltex and Smurfitt Kappa, Faelsafe specialises in the installation and maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems, Fire Extinguisher supply and maintenance, fire safety equipment and through its sister company Faelsafe Electrical, commercial electrical works, specialising in sprinkler plant rooms.
“Our motto is ‘don’t fael to be safe’ yet we were ‘faeling’ to secure the future of the business by not investing to succeed,” commented Andrew Hutchinson, Director of Faelsafe. “Despite having job management software, we were still producing paper worksheets and reports, in triplicate, and having to wait for engineers to return to base before we could process them. This was labour intensive, resulted in delays in invoicing and meant dealing with customer queries was virtually impossible.
“Since implementing BigChange we have slashed our administrative resource, we have removed every filing cabinet from the office, eliminated delays in invoicing and query resolutions and improved the efficiency of our engineers.”
Engineers are automatically allocated work and completion reports, including photographs and customer signatures, are digitally captured, stored and shared with the back-office operation. Route scheduling and live tracking is also helping Faelsafe optimise the use of mobile engineers reducing time spent travelling between jobs.
Additional aspects of the BigChange system that are helping Faelsafe improve service levels include the online library, which it uses to store information pertaining to specific customer sites and equipment, and customisable worksheets which are used to allocate health and safety checks such as PPE and equipment.
“BigChange supports our ambition to be a forward-thinking business,” concluded Hutchinson. “As it is truly cloud based every member of the team can access and share the information they need, when they need it and from wherever they are, which positively impacts the service we provide every single day.”
Read the case study from a cinema group, and find out how to quickly remove spills from various floor types with an eco-friendly, and highly efficient solution from Brady Corporation.
The cinema group needed a clean and efficient solution to remove various small spills in cinemas, both behind the scenes and in publicly accessible areas. Between shows, every spill from soda, sauce or other food & beverage products needs to disappear to welcome the next group of customers coming in for a great movie experience.
The clay-based granulate the cinema group was using created too much dust and proved too messy, even for behind the scenes areas, if not applied and removed immediately. In most of the publicly accessible areas, it was not even an option, as the risk of staining carpet floors with the clay granulate was just too high.
Solution: Fast and clean spill removal
Brady Corporation proposed its eco-friendly SpillFix granular that can safely be used to remove spills from the most porous or uneven surfaces, including carpet.
SpillFix is a 100% natural product made out of coconut coir. Thanks to its lightweight honeycomb structure, SpillFix immediately starts absorbing any liquid.
On top of this, 2.8 kg of SpillFix can absorb the same spill volume as 22.5 kg of clay based granular, so a lot less product is needed to achieve better results.
Unlike many clay-based granulars, SpillFix does not leave any slick residue behind and can be mopped up with a few swift swipes.
Results: Efficient spill removal between shows
The cinema group can now remove spills from sodas, sauces or other food & beverage products in a much more efficient way. SpillFix can simply be poured on any spill and vacuumed when dry shortly after, no matter whether the spill occurred on a linoleum or carpet floor.
How to combat spills effectively
Brady’s Spill control guide book offers ideas on how to prepare for potential spills and what to do in case of a spill. The guide also includes a number of solutions that can be deployed to prevent spills from spreading and to remove spills.
Choose Snickers Workwear and Solid Gear footwear and take an important step in enhancing your company’s sustainability roadmap. You’ll be making a conscious contribution to the environment and saving valuable resources through your buying decisions.
Snickers Workwear leads on sustainability by using the highest quality, most hard-wearing products that have as little environmental impact as possible. New garments are made from ‘preferred fibres’ to create hard-wearing workwear with a long product lifecycle - the key to reducing waste.
The same applies to Solid Gear safety footwear which is continually reducing its environmental footprint by using longer-lasting, higher-quality footwear components and taking responsibility for the whole lifecycle of the products – from development and usage to recycling and disposal.
The combined result is environmentally friendly, ergonomically designed workwear and footwear that meet the physical demands that tradesmen and women face at work while reducing their carbon footprint too!
For more information on the Snickers Workwear and Solid Gear Safety Footwear sustainability philosophy you can call the Helpline on 01484 854788; check out www.snickersworkwear.co.uk , www.solidgearfootwear.comor email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
You can count on real comfort and protection from the rain with Snickers Workwear’s AllroundWork and FlexiWork Jackets for professional tradesmen and women.
Stay dry, warm and comfortable by choosing from a range of water-repellent jackets that will keep you dry in light showers and deliver great breathability to ventilate your body when you’re active on site.
But if you need 100% waterproofness for long periods, check out the GORE-TEX® jackets and the PU garments with welded seams. As part of Snickers Workwear’s ‘outer shell’ clothing layer, GORE-TEX® jackets are extremely durable. With a waterproof membrane to keep you dry, they’re windproof to keep you warm and breathable to keep you comfortable all day long.
There’s a host of AllroundWork and FlexiWork jacket styles and extensive size options available so you can layer your working clothes properly to ensure that your energy and performance levels are as weatherproofed as you are.
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