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Precision and Safety
Georgia Gilmore2023-11-28T09:26:01+11:00CDK Stone, Supplier Magazine|
Stone masonry with laser templating and handling tools The stone masonry industry is experiencing a significant shift with the introduction of advanced tools that enhance measurement accuracy and improve the safety of stone transportation. The LT-2D3D Laser Templator is leading this shift, offering a high level of measurement precision that [...]
Feature: Stone Safety
Georgia Gilmore2023-06-13T12:30:02+10:00Supplier Magazine|
The manufacture of stone products presents unique and serious safety risks to workers. From slabs falling and crushing workers to airborne dust, working with stone requires a commitment to health and safety from the business owners and all workers in the production facility. Stone Safety Silica dust is generated in [...]
Slab Falls Take Lives
Georgia Gilmore2023-03-21T11:32:02+11:00Supplier Magazine|
Every year workers are injured and often killed in accidents involving stone slabs falling. In addition to the suffering of workers and their families, employers are often left with poor morale and reduced productivity from other employees in the company. These injuries are preventable. A storeman was crushed under 22 [...]
The important role building design plays for the vision impaired
Georgia Gilmore2023-01-12T14:46:22+11:00Classic Architectural Group, Flooring Magazine|
According to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), there are 1.1 billion people globally living with vision loss, and a further 2 to 3 billion needing ongoing access to eye care services. In Australasia alone, there are an estimated 1.6 million people with vision loss and of [...]
Polysafe Quicklay – rewriting the rules on subfloor preparation
Georgia Gilmore2022-11-15T12:54:00+11:00Flooring Magazine, Polyflor|
As the market for looselay, easier installation flooring materials continues to gradually develop, the timing is now right for the launch of Polysafe Quicklay, Polyflor’s first looselay safety flooring collection. Specifically designed to be a practical choice for contractors and specifiers alike, the Quicklay installation method saves considerable time and [...]
Is a silicosis free stonework factory possible?
StephUC2022-11-08T13:36:07+11:00INNOVYNC, Pacific Stone, Supplier Magazine|
Pacific Stone proves the answer is yes. “There is a really bad stigma in the industry that if you work with stone you will get silicosis. If you work with a bad factory, then yes, you will die eventually, but if you work with a factory that has great practices, [...]