ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade Non-US Electrical Systems & Trades Fluoros in sales area -- Diffusers/guards needed?

In other words, we're the government department which supposedly enforces health & safety regulations, just don't ask us to actually state whether we think something is acceptable or not?

This whole question would not have even entered my mind had somebody else not mentioned the possibility to me, as I'm only rarely involved with commercial establishments.

My personal "risk assessment" of the location is that diffusers or guards would be totally unnecessary on the grounds of safety. The tubes are clearly visible, there's nothing much up high in the public area of the store which might hit them anyway, and if somebody does smash one somehow, he should have been more careful! There's also unlikely to be much harm done beyond a little sweeping up and the cost of a new tube.


Judging by the rest of the installation (it's for the store in this thread ) I have a horrible feeling some of the existing lights are quite probably fixed by similar inadequate methods. (Self tappers into plasterboard?)

I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of them fall down as soon as I touch them.....



[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 11-12-2006).]

OK, if the HSE in the UK don't hold this info, who does?.
I was under the impression that that was thier job.
At a recent refresher course, we were told that fluorescent tubes are a real risk to our health, not because of cuts, but because of what is inside the tubes.
Inhale the phosphorus powder and it can really screw your lungs up.