BOC ROLLS-OUT NEW SAFETY WORKSHOPS TO MEET REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY DEMANDS

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BOC ROLLS-OUT NEW SAFETY WORKSHOPS TO MEET REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY DEMANDS
24 September 2003 - BOC Gases

Industry demand has led BOC to roll-out a second wave of customer safety workshops to raise awareness in the refrigeration industry of the hazards of working with industrial gases and refrigerants .

The four new workshops follow the success of twelve workshops, run earlier in the year in conjunction with Gas Safe Consultants*, for those in the refrigeration industry involved in the handling, storage, transportation or use of gases.These included training and service managers, health & safety supervisors, workshop personnel and service engineers.

Mike Dennis, BOC’s business director, special gases, said: " The feedback we received from the first set of workshops was that they identified potential hazards within the refrigeration industry that many attendees had never previously considered. For many they were expecting just a practical handling course, but instead found the course raised their awareness of the risks in a way many were not expecting.

"In addition to making those attending ‘stop and think’ about safety, It also highlighted existing obligations under UK and European legislation relating to the gases employed by this industry."

BOC is the first gas company in the UK to run a workshop which looks specifically at the hazards associated with industrial gases within refrigeration.

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About: BOC Gases
Through its PGS line of business, BOC supplies gas and related solutions to the chemicals, petroleum, glass, water services, electronic packaging, fibre optics, hydrogen energy, metals and food industries. BOC helps meet customer needs in a variety of ways, from the supply of a single gas or application through to designing, constructing and operating fully integrated gas and utilities schemes.

The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs some 44,500 people worldwide and had annual sales of over £4.3 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at www.boc.com

The BOC Group has an international portfolio of companies grouped for management control and reporting into three lines of business: Process Gas Solutions, Industrial and Special Products, and BOC Edwards. It also has a specialist logistics business, Gist.

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