Tag: Tunnelling

Delivering Safety on Time: Balfour Beatty Selects the CARBO 60 for Hinkley Point C

Balfour Beatty, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure groups, selected MineARC Systems to provide self-rescuers that were fit-for-purpose and readily available for their workforce that had quickly tripled in size. The result? Balfour Betty’s workforce at Hinkley Point C received the large quantity of DEZEGA CARBO 60 self-rescuers within a two-week turnaround. The CARBO 60’s were lighter weight, offering improved comfort and safety.

Nitrogen: Hazard in Focus

Nitrogen is an essential element to all forms of life but can also pose a threat. Known as the invisible killer, due to it’s odourless and tasteless nature, nitrogen gas can be lethal if inhaled in high concentrations.

Hydrogen Sulfide: Hazard in Focus

Hydrogen Sulfide is a naturally occurring chemical that can be produced by bacteria in low oxygen environments, used in many industries despite its hazardous nature.

What is a Refuge Chamber?

A refuge chamber, also known as refuge station, is a sealed environment, built to sustain life during an emergency or hazardous situation.

Methane: Health and Safety Hazards Fact Sheet

Methane hazards can occur during manufacture, use, and transportation. Although we inhale methane in the air we breathe, exposure to high concentrations of methane is dangerous.

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