by westoncompliance | Feb 12, 2026 | Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Occupational Health, PPE, UK
The MCA has published updated safety standards for Personal Protective Equipment under the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999, incorporating amendments from the Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing...
by westoncompliance | Apr 14, 2025 | BEIS, DBT, OPSS, PPE, UK
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have updated the notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards for personal...
by westoncompliance | Mar 25, 2025 | Certification, Health, OPSS, PPE, Safety, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has updated the GB guide to include the actions required if the Approved Body resigns.Read more…Source: OPSS.
by westoncompliance | Mar 25, 2025 | Health, Occupational Health, PPE, Safety, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that face fit testing of tight-fitting respiratory protective equipment (RPE) should be conducted using an extended port.HSE’s publication Guidance on respiratory protective equipment fit testing (INDG479)...
by westoncompliance | Jan 23, 2025 | Breathing apparatus, Health and Safety, PPE, SOLAS, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a recall after a limited number of ELSA hood assemblies were identified as having a seam defect that may cause air to leak from the hood, and contaminants from the external environment to flow into the...
by westoncompliance | Jan 23, 2025 | Breathing apparatus, Health and Safety, OPSS, PPE, SOLAS, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a recall after a limited number of ELSA hood assemblies were identified as having a seam defect that may cause air to leak from the hood, and contaminants from the external environment to flow into the...
by westoncompliance | Jan 23, 2025 | Breathing apparatus, Hazardous Materials, Health and Safety, OPSS, PPE, SOLAS, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a recall after a limited number of ELSA hood assemblies were identified as having a seam defect that may cause air to leak from the hood, and contaminants from the external environment to flow into the...
by westoncompliance | Jan 9, 2025 | BEIS, Occupational Health, OPSS, Personal protective equipment, PPE, Safety, UK
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published an update on their notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards...
by westoncompliance | Dec 5, 2024 | Health, OPSS, PPE, Safety, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has published revised guides following legislation to extend recognition of CE marking on products being placed on the Great Britain market which came into effect on 1 October 2024.The Personal Protective Equipment...
by westoncompliance | Feb 15, 2024 | BEIS, Department for Business and Trade, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, OPSS, PPE, UK
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published an update to the notices of publication and a consolidated list of designated standards for...
by westoncompliance | Jan 19, 2024 | Amendment, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, OPSS, PPE, UK
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has published a proposed amendment to the personal protective equipment (PPE) EU retained regulations. Read more… Source: OPSS.
by westoncompliance | Jan 12, 2024 | BEIS, Breathing equipment, Dangerous Substances, Department for Business and Trade, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, OPSS, PPE, UK
The Department for Business and Trade, Office for Product Safety and Standards, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have published an update to the PPE standards. Read more… Source: DBT, OPSS and BEIS.
by westoncompliance | Dec 21, 2023 | Marine, MCA, Occupational Health, PPE, Safety, UK
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has published a notice outlining the official reference standards to which PPE needs to comply for working on board ships for specific work activities. Read more… Source: MCA.
by westoncompliance | Nov 22, 2023 | BEIS, Department for Business and Trade, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, OPSS, PPE, UK
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards for personal...
by westoncompliance | Aug 24, 2023 | Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, PPE, UK
HSE has been made aware of a potential issue regarding the testing of boots to an American Standard; ASTM F2412-18A. The ASTM Standard contains a single test procedure representative of a very restricted working environment. In many cases, these limitations have not...
by westoncompliance | Aug 4, 2023 | Communication, Equipment, PPE, Pressure Equipment, Product Safety, Radio Communication, UK, Vessels
The government intends to extend recognition of the CE marking for placing most goods on the market in Great Britain, indefinitely, beyond December 2024. These updates apply to the 18 regulations that fall under the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). These are:...
by westoncompliance | Apr 18, 2023 | Equipment, Occupational Health, PPE, Product Safety, Safety
The date by which products placed on the GB market must be UKCA-marked has been amended to 1 January 2025. There are two specific exceptions to this requirement: 1. Qualifying Northern Ireland goods can continue to be placed on the GB market bearing the CE marking or...
by westoncompliance | Feb 22, 2023 | Equipment, Hazardous Materials, Maintenance/Repairs, PPE, Product Safety, Safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the fourth edition of its L-series guidance on the PPE at Work Regulations 1992. This guidance provides practical advice on how you can comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work...
by westoncompliance | Feb 1, 2023 | Equipment, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, PPE, Product Safety, Safety, Transport, UK, Vessels
This safety bulletin is a notification of deficient equipment. A recent investigation by the MCA has found the ‘Wheelmarked’ 275N twin chamber lifejacket and ‘Wheelmarked’ transit suit manufactured by Northern Diver to be deficient. Ship operators with this equipment...
by westoncompliance | Dec 22, 2022 | Marine, PPE, Safety, UK, Vessels
This notice outlines safety standards for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) covered by the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels 1999 Regulations. Amendment 4 updates the PPE standards quoted from the British Standards and EU Harmonised Standards websites,...
