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Hearing protection advisory service
Hearing protection advisory service Bilsom International Ltd have announced details of a new Hearing Protection Advisory Service for industry. This service will have five main areas of activity: (1)
Providing the facilities and technical expertise for conducting noise surveys and hearing tests.
(2)
Advising on noise control measures, including acoustic screening, and specifying appropriate hearing protection equipment.
(3)
Supplying educational material, including an audio-visual presentation, for use in hearing protection training programmes.
(4)
Assisting in the organisation of lectures/seminars/courses and other training programmes tailored to meet the needs of particular situations.
(5)
Making available the services of specialist personnel qualified to advise and speak on relevant topics.
backs the wheelchair up a slight ramp and the inner frame of the Inva-Retro is tilted to the required angle before putting on the brake and locking system. Once the brake is on, the disabled person is safe and is made more comfortable by an adjustable headrest and a padded backrest.
wire and a spring system in the shaft. The spring is operated by a handle in the shaft. The tongs can also be used in the house.
Garden tool
The service will maintain close contact with employers' organisations like the CBI, trade unions, official bodies like the Health and Safety Executive, local safety groups and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at Southampton University. Details from Bilsom International Ltd, Bilsom House, Bell St, Henley on Thames,Oxfordshire RG9 2BA, UK.
Schools Design Prize winners Thirteen winners of the 1981 Schools Design Prize were presented with their Wheelchair tilt frame cheques and certificates by the Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, at a ceremony at the Institution of Civil Jacqy Barber (aged 16) of Engineers on 9 December. The Schools Shrewsbury designed devices to help Design Prize is an annual competition disabled people achieve more freedom which aims to encourage an interest in in the garden - a pair of long handled design in Britain's secondary schools. 'cut-and-hold' secateurs and a pair of It is organised by The Design Council tongs for picking apples or other fruit. and sponsored by Roils-Royce Ltd. The two tools are made of aluminium Last year's winners included the so they are light, and are about 1 metre following: long, enabling the user to collect the fruit or flower easily. They have corked The Inva-Retro, designed by John handles to give a good grip and Freeman and Ingrain Legge of Shrewsbury School, is used to tilt a optional counterbalance weights. The person in a wheelchair into a reclining secateurs work by means of two moving position either when they visit a jaws incorporating two replaceable dentist, or hairdresser, or simply for Stanley knife blades. The user can cut a comfortable rest. The structure uses and retrieve a flower in onemovement. the centre of gravity as a pivot point, A spring, which is fixed to the head and a design which causes least stress and operated by a handle in the shaft, opens provides an easy tilting action. As it is the jaws and grips the stem. The tongs collapsible, it needs little storage space. use the same principle as the secateurs. When a patient arrives in a wheelchair, Two cork-faced jaws, which can hold it can be set up quickly beside the objects of up to 100 mm in diameter, dentiat's chair. The patient simply are held open by rigid stainless steel
To help disabled children to join in while their friends practised skateboarding, 12-year-olds Fiona Cherryman and Kerry Luscombe (Cliffe Woods Middle School, Rochester, Kent) designed for them a giant skateboard. Fiona drew a basic pattern round Kerry from which a piece of plywood was cut. This meant the trolley would carry children up to 5 ft (1.5m) tall. The trolley consists of a base-board on four multi-directional wheels, and an angled upper board which can be adjusted for height for children of different sizes and ages. For additional comfort, the child is supported on a foam cushion covered in brightly coloured, washable material. The girls gave the cushion a contoured shape to provide support around the child's head and neck.
Skateboard for disabled
Applied Ergonomics
June 1982
157
Providing the facilities and technical expertise for conducting noise surveys and hearing tests.
(2)
Advising on noise control measures, including acoustic screening, and specifying appropriate hearing protection equipment.
(3)
Supplying educational material, including an audio-visual presentation, for use in hearing protection training programmes.
(4)
Assisting in the organisation of lectures/seminars/courses and other training programmes tailored to meet the needs of particular situations.
(5)
Making available the services of specialist personnel qualified to advise and speak on relevant topics.
backs the wheelchair up a slight ramp and the inner frame of the Inva-Retro is tilted to the required angle before putting on the brake and locking system. Once the brake is on, the disabled person is safe and is made more comfortable by an adjustable headrest and a padded backrest.
wire and a spring system in the shaft. The spring is operated by a handle in the shaft. The tongs can also be used in the house.
Garden tool
The service will maintain close contact with employers' organisations like the CBI, trade unions, official bodies like the Health and Safety Executive, local safety groups and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at Southampton University. Details from Bilsom International Ltd, Bilsom House, Bell St, Henley on Thames,Oxfordshire RG9 2BA, UK.
Schools Design Prize winners Thirteen winners of the 1981 Schools Design Prize were presented with their Wheelchair tilt frame cheques and certificates by the Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, at a ceremony at the Institution of Civil Jacqy Barber (aged 16) of Engineers on 9 December. The Schools Shrewsbury designed devices to help Design Prize is an annual competition disabled people achieve more freedom which aims to encourage an interest in in the garden - a pair of long handled design in Britain's secondary schools. 'cut-and-hold' secateurs and a pair of It is organised by The Design Council tongs for picking apples or other fruit. and sponsored by Roils-Royce Ltd. The two tools are made of aluminium Last year's winners included the so they are light, and are about 1 metre following: long, enabling the user to collect the fruit or flower easily. They have corked The Inva-Retro, designed by John handles to give a good grip and Freeman and Ingrain Legge of Shrewsbury School, is used to tilt a optional counterbalance weights. The person in a wheelchair into a reclining secateurs work by means of two moving position either when they visit a jaws incorporating two replaceable dentist, or hairdresser, or simply for Stanley knife blades. The user can cut a comfortable rest. The structure uses and retrieve a flower in onemovement. the centre of gravity as a pivot point, A spring, which is fixed to the head and a design which causes least stress and operated by a handle in the shaft, opens provides an easy tilting action. As it is the jaws and grips the stem. The tongs collapsible, it needs little storage space. use the same principle as the secateurs. When a patient arrives in a wheelchair, Two cork-faced jaws, which can hold it can be set up quickly beside the objects of up to 100 mm in diameter, dentiat's chair. The patient simply are held open by rigid stainless steel
To help disabled children to join in while their friends practised skateboarding, 12-year-olds Fiona Cherryman and Kerry Luscombe (Cliffe Woods Middle School, Rochester, Kent) designed for them a giant skateboard. Fiona drew a basic pattern round Kerry from which a piece of plywood was cut. This meant the trolley would carry children up to 5 ft (1.5m) tall. The trolley consists of a base-board on four multi-directional wheels, and an angled upper board which can be adjusted for height for children of different sizes and ages. For additional comfort, the child is supported on a foam cushion covered in brightly coloured, washable material. The girls gave the cushion a contoured shape to provide support around the child's head and neck.
Skateboard for disabled
Applied Ergonomics
June 1982
157