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luke590  
#1 Posted : 03 March 2010 09:09:08(UTC)
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luke590
Hi All,

I was at a mechanics garage yesterday and had a chat with the owner about his safety... I thought about it am looking at expanding my knowledge about this and wondered if anyone has ANY information about safety for Mechanics?

Thanks in advance
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Jane Blunt  
#2 Posted : 03 March 2010 09:19:59(UTC)
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Jane Blunt
For a knowledge of general engineering workshops, a good place to start is with this publication:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg129.htm

For more targeted advice look at the HSE motor vehicle repair microsite:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/index.htm
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luke590  
#3 Posted : 03 March 2010 09:32:41(UTC)
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luke590
Thanks Jane... I had a look around and also found the following for everyones benefit..

Health & Safety in Motor Vehicle Repair and Associated Industries.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg261.pdf
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grim72  
#4 Posted : 03 March 2010 11:41:59(UTC)
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grim72
I noticed that the HSE had issued a safety alert yesterday on short bed scissor lifts used in the MVR industry. Might be worth checking your mechanic's is not affected. http://www.hse.gov.uk/sa...tins/mvrscissorlifts.htm
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chris.packham  
#5 Posted : 03 March 2010 12:46:02(UTC)
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chris.packham
Have you considered the many chemicals that you will find in the average mechanics workplace? Many of these will represent hazards to health and will need to be controlled.

I recently encountered a training college teaching student mechanics to wear completely unsuitable gloves as hand protection against the many different chemicals that they might encounter.

Chris
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cres  
#6 Posted : 03 March 2010 13:07:24(UTC)
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cres
Hi

Try HSG261 Health and Safety in motor vehicle repair and associated industries.


Cres
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