Health and Safety (114)

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Lyme Disease - take tick bites seriously

I'm just in what I hope is the final stages of recovery now from a disease that really knocked me for six. Now I'm fighting my way back to…

Started by David Channon

18 May 11
Reply by Protean Print

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That was close!

Just looked at my foot for quite a few seconds and slowly, carefully, tried to pull my foot out of my wellie. It came out with no injury...…

Started by Darren Walters

4 May 11
Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk

more scary research news on glyphosate based products...

sure you've all read it before... http://www.nationofchange.org/study-links-monsanto-s-roundup-autism-parkinson-s-and-alzheimer-s-13677641

Started by neil aldridge

2 May 8
Reply by Phil Voice

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High Invisibility

This is an interesting blog post from Judith Hackitt on the HSE website concerning hi-vis clothing and how it seems to have lost its sense…

Started by Phil Voice

2 Apr 21
Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance

Vibration and protective gloves

I started this profession rather late so I have had a tendency to think “only a few years to go, so it probably wont matter much, its anoth…

Started by GORDON

18 Apr 1
Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk

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Danger of Silicosis caused by dust from stone, rocks sands and clays

Silicosis Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is found in stone, rocks, sands and clays. Exposure to RCS over a long period can cause fibro…

Started by Phil Voice

18 Mar 27
Reply by Steve London Stone

Cutting high hedges - your safety

QUESTION: I am a landscape gardener and have lots of hedges to cut on various sites, the main of them are next to paths or drives. Some are…

Started by Landscape Juice

0 Mar 27

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Listen to music while you work ........and die!

First posted on Landscape Juice in March 2008 I have just read, with interest, the article by James Alexander-Sinclair on the BBC Gardeners…

Started by Phil Voice

25 Mar 24
Reply by Stuart Diprose Land-Scape.co.uk

Strangest days gardening i've ever done.

As part of my post of not getting a NHS contract, i've had to complete these NHS sites for this year, which i'm in the process this and las…

Started by Andrew Michael Palmer

4 Mar 24
Reply by Paul McNulty

Working at height measures and regulations

Working at height Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from lad…

Started by Landscape Juice

0 Mar 21

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