A-Plant plans for Safer working

UK rental company A-Plant is launching several new safety initiatives at the Safety and Health Expo, held in Birmingham, UK, in May. Its `Better Back’ campaign is aimed to highlight its own range of products that assist with lifting and manual handling. It is launched alongside a further version of its Site Safety Pack, which includes a new supplement on dust, focusing on the reduced workplace exposure limits for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) introduced in October 2006 by the UK's Health and Safety Executive. The pack includes folders, posters, stickers, hand-arm vibration leaflets and a 60-page health and safety