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The British Safety Industry Federation has awarded its product innovation award to Veripro, the earplug fit testing system from Howard Leight by Sperian. The award, which recognises excellence and innovation in the safety industry, was presented at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards gala dinner held during Safety and Health Expo 2010.

Veripro makes it easy to determine the Personal Attenuation Rating of a worker fitted with any earplugs through a simple test, enabling both safety managers and workers to establish if a worker is receiving optimal protection.

‘Hearing conservation is an area we are passionate about,’ said Josephine Audoin, marketing manager for Sperian Protection UK. ‘We are delighted that the genuine innovation demonstrated by Veripro has been recognised by the British safety community.’

A recent HSE report, Real world use and performance of hearing protection, reported that ‘possibly only 60 percent of workers supposedly using hearing protection are in fact protected’, citing incorrectly fitted devices as one of the main reasons. Another concern is the weakness of the single number rating system for earplugs which only provides a theoretical level of hearing protection, not an actual measurement.

In response, Howard Leight developed Veripro. The complete test runs through five frequencies to determine PAR and is recommended for annual use. The quick check is a simplified test at one frequency, used as a fast and easy pass/fail test for more frequent use.

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