Managing company transport risks

Article Abstract:

Workplace accidents involving vehicles cause more than 70 deaths every year in the UK, and a transport accident can prove extremely costly for an employer. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 set down the duties of employers in managing transport risks. Identifying and managing these risk can make a significant contribution to cutting down the number of accidents, according to HSE. Employers are obliged to undertake a risk assessment to determine what is needed to make the premises as safe as possible.

Laws, regulations and rules, Workplace accidents

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How to transport explosives

Article Abstract:

The Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations 1991 will be implemented from March 1st 1992, meaning that explosives will have to be tested, certificed and marked before transportation. The new rules will include both commercial and military explosives and include transportation by rail, inland waterways and roads.

Explosives

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Instability of adenoviral vectors during transport and its implication for clinical studies

Article Abstract:

Researchers describe a method of transporting adenoviral vectors that will maintain their viability. Shipping the virus in dry ice may affect viability because the carbon dioxide gas can seep into the vials and lower the pH of the buffer. This would lower the infectious titer of the virus.

Genetic vectors, Adenoviruses

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