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• Safety notice – Provision of key clinical information on laboratory specimen request forms
  Recent investigations have identified there has been lack of sufficient relevant clinical details being provided on specimen request forms. This has resulted in samples being handled at the wrong biological containment level with resulting increased risk of infection to laboratory staff.
  
  
• Safety notice – Use of Mobile Phone “Expert XP-Ex-1″ in potentially explosive atmospheres
  The European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) requires Member States to prohibit the placing on the market and withdrawal from the market of mobile phone “Expert XP-Ex-1″ manufactured by Intrinsic Safety specialists, Netherlands.
  
  
• Safety notice – Mobile crushing plant
  There is potential, on some mobile crushers, for unintended movement of a machine track if an earth/ground fault occurs because of damage to the outer sheath and insulation of the electrical cable that controls the proportional control valve for the track.
  
  
• Safety Notice – Supply of flail-type cutting attachments on portable hand-held brush cutters
  Non-standard metal brush cutting accessories fitted to petrol driven brush cutters can fail catastrophically in-service. There is a risk of death or serious injury to operators and others in vicinity from ejected metal components. Suppliers of such equipment should immediately discontinue supply of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
  
  
• Safety alert – Preventing inrushes at underground mines
  The purpose of this safety alert is to remind owners and managers of producing mines of the precautions to be taken against inrushes and request owners confirm that appropriate measures to protect against inrush are in place at their mines.
  
  
• HSE issues gas detector safety alert
  This alert is to warn workers using a Status Mentor PGD2 gas detector that some of them may be giving false readings due to software configuration. None of these gas detector should be used until its software and configuration has been verified.
  
  
• Safety alert – HSE warns of dangers of diving for shellfish following two recent tragedies
  There have been two recent fatalities involving shellfish diving in inshore waters. This safety alert is to remind those working in this sector of HSE’s guidance and their legal responsibilities.
  
  
• Safety notice – Risks to users from firewood processing machines
  Recent accident investigations indicate that some firewood processing machines may be unsafe because the guards provided are too short or the other safety devices provided may be easily overcome.
  
  
• General safety notice – Powered perimeter gates
  The purpose of this General Safety Notice is to advise Landlords, Commercial owners or facilities managers what they must do to ensure the safety of people in the vicinity of powered perimeter gates.
  
  
• Scissor lift safety warning following fatal overturns
  Users of certain types of scissor lifts are being advised to make daily safety checks after five people were killed in three separate incidents when they overturned.
  
  
• Safety alert – Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts
  The purpose of this Safety Alert is to alert the target audience above about the need to regularly maintain, inspect and test safety related equipment on Mobile Elevating Work Platforms generally, and also specifically to remind owners, users and others involved in the use of JLG 500RTS and 400RTS scissor lifts, of this need. This [...]
  
  
• Safety notice – Waterlogic water dispensers
  Modifications to Waterlogic water dispensers with a UV system or WL 3000 Cold only model are required to prevent moister ingress to the UV ballast windings and/or internal water pipe leaks. Failure to do so could lead to an electrical short circuit, arcing and/or overheating with the potential to catch fire. View safety notice ‘Waterlogic [...]