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Casella have had a successful week at the IOHA Conference in the US this week. Show casing our latest monitoring solutions with built in data transmission, remote operation and airflow pulsation checks. Do not worry, you have not missed anything!
We will be at Health and Safety North (Manchester) on the 9th and 10th of October. Come along to see us on stand G60. See you then!

Summer is here and the dry hot weather can bring increased dust hazards. Noise is a part of many workplaces, with employees often working alongside loud noisy machinery.
Today Casella exhibited at Safety in Construction Derby on stand OR27.
We delivered a presentation on what you need to know about site health hazards and provided tips on how to monitor to reduce latent health damage.
... Visit www.casellasolutions.com for more info on our products.
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A case study from Casella and BAM Ritchies:
Protecting your employees should always be a priority and this is a great example of how to tackle occupational hygiene in the workplace!
Now available on Safety and Health Practitioner: https://www.shponline.co.uk/tackling-occu pational-hygiene/
... For more info on our products & solutions: http://www.casellasolutions.com/uk/en/pro ducts/
#dust #noise #vibration
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Picture: Ian Hodgkinson / Picture It BOHS annual conference 2018 held at Stratford Upon Avon

Due to popular demand, the Casella Noise at Work Course will return on April 24th.
Hosted at our office in Bedford, the course is the perfect introduction to measuring noise in the workplace and includes:
* Noise parameters and terminology... * Current legislation * Ear Defender calculation * Practical use of noise monitoring equipment
For more information on the course or to book your place, please email susanhenderson@casellasolutions.com or visit our website http://ow.ly/w3dX30jpJiz
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Casella is exhibiting at the OH2018 event in Stratford-upon-Avon from 17 - 19 April 2018.
Occupational Hygiene 2018 is the leading international conference in the field of worker health protection in the UK, focusing on occupational hygiene and the prevention of occupational ill-health and disease.
Come and meet with Casella's team on stand 4 to find out more about our innovative monitoring and calibration solutions.
... How to register? http://ow.ly/pRGF30jx7dq
Can't join us? Discover our solutions here http://ow.ly/cBDo30jx7oq
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Tim Turney presented Casella’s new Flow Detective Calibrator at today’s OH2018 Product showcase. The many unique features which are built-in the Flow Detective save time and stand up to heavy rugged use.
Of particular interest was the Bluetooth connectivity which allows air sampling pump calibration results to emailed straight to user PC’s. Tim Turney said “the natural airflow oscillation during calibration can create large pulsation effects.
With cyclones it is critical to... get a good respirable cut and the Casella Flow Detective ensures that the pulsation is within ISO13137 limits of less than 10%. It also alerts if any manufacturers pump exceeds the limit”.
Find out more about the Flow Detective here: http://ow.ly/hsy030jx6pt.
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Casella are showcasing their Apex2, dBadge2 and Flow Detective monitoring and calibration solutions with built in data transmission, remote operation and airflow pulsation checks at the BOHS OH2018 conference next week 16-19 April at the Crown Plaza Stratford upon Avon.
Don't miss Technical Product Manager Tim Turney's session in the Sampling Product Showcase 3a at 13.15 pm on Tuesday 17th April where he will present "Advances in Flow Meters for Air Sampling Pump Calibration'..., and answer Q&A’s on how to significantly reduce site set up and operation times for pump monitoring and calibration. He will also discuss how to avoid manual measurement errors and access the latest automated closed loop measurements to ensure ISO13137 compliance.
It's also not too late if attending OH2018 to register to join the Casella Social in the Shakespeare Street Cocktail Bar at 7pm on Tuesday 17th April. It is always a great opportunity to network, make new connections or catch up with old friends. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! http://ow.ly/awew30jtxwm
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Chris Fern, Tim Turney , Jim Struthers and Shaun Knott are on hand at the Casella stand HS18 Hall 12 until the 12th April to answer your monitoring instrument questions at the Health & Safety Event at The NEC in Birmingham.
They are demonstrating the latest generation of Apex2 dust sampling pumps, Flow Detective air flow calibrator, Microdust Pro, 630x and 620x Sound Level Meters and dBadge2 noise dosimeters. Casella’s class beating monitoring solutions are ideal for occupational and environmental assessments, and support decision making for improved workplace health initiatives.

Casella are showcasing their latest generation, easy to use noise and dust monitoring solutions at the H&S Event NEC in Hall 12 stand HS18 using a digital display stand to show the many helpful tools built into the range to assist with data transmission, remote operation and airflow pulsation checks.
Shaun Knott will be answering audience Q&A’s on how to manage noise and vibration in the workplace today during the safety dialogue theatre session at 11 am and Thursday at 12.15.

Come along to the H&S Event NEC Hall 12 stand HS18 and meet the Casella team who are sharing how the Apex2 I.S. air sampling pump, dBadge2 I.S. noise dosimeter, Flow Detective airflow calibrator and Guardian2 site boundary monitor are invaluable tools for exposure level assessments.
Watch the instruments easy set up and operation on Casella’s striking digital display stand which shows how the smart measurement, data transmission features and long battery life give market leading accuracy and reliability.

Visit us on Stand HS18 at the Health & Safety Event in Birmingham 10-12 April 2018.
Meet our experts team and learn about our dust, noise and vibration monitoring solutions designed to anyone responsible for running a safe and efficient workplace, anywhere in the UK.
To find out more about The Health & Safety Event please click here: http://ow.ly/xGv430jnoDG

Leading vs. lagging indicators
It is encouraging to see that the Joint Industry Board (JIB) has launched an initiative to help safeguard the health of its 12 000 operatives in the UK electrical industry www.jib.org.uk/oha . They will be offering a funded occupational health assessment every three year which will cover ten employee wellbeing elements including respiratory function, hearing and blood pressure.
Great to see that respiratory and hearing health get ‘top billing’ b...ut, whilst health surveillance is a useful tool in the management of health and safety, it is a lagging indicator. This means that the impact of too much noise exposure and potentially toxic dusts and fumes may already have caused long term damage. Interesting that hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) caused by repeated use of power tools and the top disease reported under RIDDOR doesn’t get a mention? And whilst you may consider the electrical industry a lower risk to health (as opposed to safety) than, say mining or the oil and gas sector, there is no substitute for objective measurements of exposure using appropriate instrumentation that provide real-time, leading indicators of risk. http://ow.ly/gFbg30j1QOf
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Have you seen our video for The Flow Detective™ yet?
The Flow Detective™ is an easy to use all-in-one airflow calibrator that is suitable for all types of air sampling pumps and other applications for flows up to 5L/min. It is a rugged, compact lab or field portable calibrator which removes the need to purchase multiple flowmeters.
The Flow Detective™ is designed to measure the flow of air sampling pumps to within 2% accuracy. The device will be the first on the market with B...luetooth connectivity, through Casella’s Airwave App...
For more information click here: http://ow.ly/QnKU30j9Evb
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What’s in a name?
The term ‘stone deaf’ is said to have been coined amongst the underground quarrymen since Roman times. Stone workers have helped build iconic buildings like the Tower of London and St Paul’s cathedral. They stand as monuments to their hard work and sacrifice, the work being both unsafe and unhealthy. And whilst modern day quarrying is much safer, it still poses a risk to hearing, respiratory health and, due to the use of powered tools, the circulation of the... fingers, hands and arms. There is a current focus in both the UK and the USA (OSHA Silica Rule) on the health effects of #silica present in common materials used widely in construction.
Repeated exposure can lead to conditions such as silicosis, COPD and potentially lung cancer. A related condition known in the US mining sector as Black Lung, has also been reported to be on the increase amongst coal miners. All these conditions are chronic long term problems, irreversible but wholly preventable by carrying out a risk assessment and deploying appropriate control methods.
Casella can provide the measuring instrumentation to help with that risk assessment and analysis so for more information on sound level meters, noise dosimeters, vibration meters and air sampling pumps go to http://ow.ly/gFbg30j1QOf #dust #noise #vibration
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Where’s the sense in that?
Have you ever been asked which of your senses you would be prepared to sacrifice?
It’s an impossible one to answer but in a workplace setting you may indeed be having your senses put at risk from potential hazards; your hearing from regular exposure to loud noise from a variety of industrial processes and feeling (touch) in the fingers and hands from repeated use of hand-operated, powered tools.
... Such exposure, if left uncontrolled, may eventually lead to chronic conditions known as noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) and hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) respectively. HAVS is a combination of two conditions i.e. carpal tunnel syndrome and vibration white finger and the latter becomes ‘obvious’ as the affected fingers gradually turn white due to restricted and eventually damaged circulation.
It is said that if our ears literally bled we might also take better care of our hearing! So rather like the true story of a young apprentice in 1977 entering a noisy factory for the first time to be told by a supervisor “don’t worry son, you’ll get used to it”, we know that it means the onset of NIHL. These conditions are irreversible but wholly preventable by carrying out a risk assessment and deploying appropriate control methods.
Casella can provide the measuring instrumentation to help with that risk assessment, so for more information on sound level meters, #noise #dosimeters, #vibration meters and air sampling pumps go to http://ow.ly/gFbg30j1QOf
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The City that Never Sleeps!
Not surprising NYC doesn’t sleep if the number of complaints about noise is anything to go by. Noise pollution is an “underestimated threat,” according to the World Health Organization and recent research has linked heart health with noise exposure even at levels as low as 60dB. http://ow.ly/I4R630iBoXe
According to the NY state Controller’s office in 2017, complaints were ‘way up’ having doubled in recent years http://ow.ly/rTEn30iBoYf
... Noise from construction is cited in particular because the City has allowed noisy work to continue outside ‘normal’ #construction hours and there are calls to improve the permitting process to ensure construction crews are limiting the noise during off hours. Major world cities like London have a similar problem because of a high population density, the intensity of new construction due to high real estate values are common factors.
London has gone further with the imposition of mandatory monitoring and reporting of #noise (as well as #dust and #vibration) which can be achieved using systems like Casella’s Guardian2, a simple to install, plug and play solution with data available via a secure website http://ow.ly/kn8u30iBp0h
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Casella is pleased to unveil the Flow Detective™ calibrator!
The Flow Detective™ is an easy to use all-in-one airflow calibrator that is suitable for all types of air sampling pumps up to 5L/min.
Casella's industry leading approach to monitoring accuracy means that Flow Detective™ is the first air sampling calibrator with the ability to measure airflow pulsation for ISO13137 compliance. The innovative device also incorporates a 70-hour battery life; the longest on the market....
The Flow Detective™ is designed to measure the flow of air sampling pumps to within 2% accuracy. The device will be the first on the market with Bluetooth connectivity, through Casella’s Airwave App. The Airwave App allows instantaneous transmission of data for smart communication and when used with the Casella Apex2 air sampling pump, closed loop calibration can be achieved so nothing has to be set manually on the pump when calibrating…
Find out more here http://ow.ly/1E9230iTIPX
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