Finch Journal

In this article split over three parts, Dr Richard Brown looks at effective lighting at work and how it enables safe working. This third part discusses sockets for temporary lighting, how providing lighting can lead to accidents and ensuring the correct type and positioning of lighting.

In this article split over three parts, Dr Richard Brown looks at effective lighting at work and how it enables safe working. This second part discusses minimum lighting levels and temporary lighting strategies.

In this article split over three parts, Dr Richard Brown looks at effective lighting at work and how it enables safe working. This first part discusses why effective lighting is required and how to effectively manage the health and safety risks from lighting in the workplace.

In the final part of our ATEX series, Tristan Pulford discusses control ignition sources and lighting.

Completing this two-part article, Asset Management specialist Paul Wood discusses the value in maintenance, alignment to business strategy and more in relation to the maintenance optimisation of a business.

In this article, Angelica Rutherford-Hacon discusses the topic of workplace transport within the manufacturing sector and how the risks of using it can be managed. 

The government has announced that by 2025, all new homes will be banned from installing gas and oil boilers and will instead be heated by low-carbon alternatives. The ban is part of a UK action plan to reach carbon net-zero by 2050. The main replacement of existing fossil fuel heating systems is likely to be air source heat pumps. These are like air conditioners that pump out heat, and most of them are situated outside. Teli Chinelis details how this might cause a source of concern of noise.

After another child fatality came to Court this week after a 4-year-old was killed when he was run over by a telehandler being driven by his uncle on the family farm in Lancashire, Melvin Sandell an expert in agricultural safety, has detailed some tips on how to try and manage the safety of people who may be on a farm. 

In the next part of the ATEX series, Tristan Pulford elaborates on the hierarchy of controls and hazardous area classification.

In this upcoming series of articles, Tristan Pulford discusses ATEX, the hierarchy of controls and what you need to be aware of. This first part takes a look at ATEX, what it is, and how to know if it applies to you and your company.

Howard Wheeler and Tristan Pulford are to give a presentation on Changes to UK engineering standards following Brexit (including UKCA and ATEX) as part of the Brewing Engineering Association webinar, Brewery Engineering Changes and Challenges.

This briefing for Directors by health and safety specialist solicitor Sue Dearden and mechanical engineer Tristan Pulford highlights the current key duties and some common but avoidable breaches in fire risk advice for businesses.

In this briefing Sue Dearden reviews how Directors can support their health and safety specialists in ensuring their business manages the risks from display screen equipment use, to avoid injury to staff as well as to themselves.

This week Finch summarise the requirements around provision of a safe and healthy workplace under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.

The risk of fire in residential tower blocks has been under the spotlight since the Grenfell Tower fire almost 3 years ago in June 2017, but changes to working environments and temporary shutdowns may well have impacted fire risks in…

Finch, Senior Consultant, Steve Bennett, was appointed to carry out a joint inspection of the forensic electrical evidence obtained from the premises following a serious fire.