EQUIPMENT failure is responsible for roughly 30pc of deaths on-site.
The lives of all site personnel depend on their safety equipment.
But safety isn’t just about having the right equipment, it is about having the right mind frame, knowledge and behaviours.
No matter what the job is, every second workers spend on the site they are exposed to potential risks.
It is imperative that businesses have the best safety gear, the right training and an ingrained culture of safety to ensure everyone goes home to their families.
Integrated Safety Group (ISG) has more than two decades of experience keeping Australian workers safe, and its reputation has been built upon three core values: prevention is the best medicine, quality is the only option, and industry experience underpins all activity.
ISG general manager Richard Speers said that his company’s focus on worker safety had set it apart from the competition.
“Year on year we’ve been proven as the only choice for breathing apparatus because whether service, hire or training, we make sure the job gets done and the workers get home safe,” he said.
Breathing apparatus
As we learn more about the effects of silicosis and coal workers pneumoconiosis, dust inhalation protection is becoming an increasingly important to Australian occupational health and safety practices.
Worksafe Australia said that by law employers must provide health monitoring and air monitoring to ensure their workers are adequately protected from exposure to coal dust and to crystalline silica.
Crystalline silica is found in sand, stone, concrete and mortar, as well as many composite products.
When workers are exposed to dust from cutting, crushing, drilling, polishing, sawing or grinding products containing silica, the dust particles generated are small enough to lodge deep into the lungs and cause silicosis.
When silica dust gets into the lung tissue, a chemical reaction can occur which results in tissue injury followed by the healing response of the lung.
Silicosis can be severe enough to cause respiratory failure which can eventually lead to death.
Many similarities can be found with workers pneumoconiosis, and this makes protection from dust inhalation paramount to safety on any site as many workers are exposed to this kind of risk.
Work, health and safety legislation places an obligation on everyone at the workplace to manage health and safety; it is the responsibility of an employer to provide a safe workplace that reduces the risk and hazardous levels of exposure to not just silica for their employees, but all manner of respirable hazards.
The employees themselves have obligations to participate and contribute to a safety focused culture.
Life support equipment is subject to some of the harshest conditions that the mining and many industries offer.
Emergency or rescue equipment is used when atmospheres can pose an immediate threat to life.
When it comes to HAZMAT, search and rescue, firefighting or confined space entries, equipment failure can have mortal consequences.
ISG has quantitative mask fit testing capabilities to help clients comply with the AS1715: 2009 requirements for employees required to wear a close-fitting respiratory face piece.
The company offers service, repair and certification to all brands of life support.
ISG uses genuine OEM spare parts that comply with manufacturer’s recommendations and Australian standards which means the equipment is not only compliant, but reliable and ready for immediate use.
ISG will provide:
- certification to AS1715:2009
- NFPA 1852 compliance testing
- Electronic dynamic breathing simulation tests
- Onsite scheduled maintenance plans
- MSA technical partner
- Bauer Compressor technical partner
Along with the maintenance and sale of breathing apparatus, ISG offers rental services from as little as $20 per day and can service, test and fill BA cylinders on site.
ISG’s rental stores have all the safety needs of its clients covered – whether they need new equipment, or upgraded equipment, ISG can provide the ‘try before you buy’ option.
The company is aware that renting is a cost-effective way to maintain compliance whilst repairs are carried out, or to provide additional specialised equipment for planned shutdowns or turn-arounds.
With the company’s shutdown container, it can mobilise to site with a fully self-contained rental solution.
Full cleaning, decontamination and service facilities are integrated into one package for breathing apparatus/gas detection/cylinder recharging and re-certification.
More information:
Phone: 07 4779 1119
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.integratedsafetygroup.com.au
