Fake Products & Certificates | Terry McDonald
Published 08 Mar 2022
Fake Products & Certificates
Conference Paper By Terry McDonald
On the back of delivering his conference paper ‘Fake Products & Certificates’ at HazardEx 2023 Live! in Harrogate and receiving positive feedback, Terry plans to take his talk on the road in the North East of England and as well as hosting a webinar on the topic in June.
Terry will be speaking about the problems posed by fake products and certificates, including incorrectly certified products, that enter the market. He will look at just how big the problem is and highlight some solutions to the issue.
Do you work on a Tier 1 or Tier 2 COMAH site in the North East of England? If so are you interested in Terry visiting your premises to deliver his speech to your team please reach out on the following 0191 410 4292
Who Should Attend?
Any person involved in the design, purchase, installation, maintenance, inspection, testing and commissioning of equipment designed for use in explosive atmospheres.
Why Attend?
Improve your knowledge and understanding. Increase awareness and create change to improve safety & compliance. A piece of fake equipment could cause the spark that kills you or your colleagues.
Thorne & Derrick over the years have listened closely to their customers and extensively researched the market to bring their clients fully compliant and correctly certified hazardous area solutions for the safe use in explosive atmospheres.
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Abstract
Safety and compliance should always come first but unfortunately there are companies that make cost and profit their priority.
There are many examples of fake goods and incorrectly certified products being sold into the explosive atmosphere industry. How big is this problem? How can we all take our share of the responsibility to prevent this? The discussion will highlight some recent examples of fake/non-compliant products and how training and competency levels must improve throughout the supply chain to combat this problem.
About The Author:
Terry McDonald is Sales Manager at Thorne & Derrick and joined the company in 2005 as a graduate technical sales engineer. He has headed their Hazardous Area sales division since 2014. Terry has many years of experience working with Tier 1 and 2 COMAH sites in the UK, as well as clients around the world. He is a passionate supporter of innovation, sharing best practice & knowledge with the aim of improving safety & compliance within the industry. T&D recently won the HazardEx 2023 Delegates’ Award.
HazardEx Conference Paper | Read More HERE
Dust Safety Science Podcast
Terry posted a message on LinkedIn about fake ATEX products ahead of his presentation at the HazardEx Conference. He was invited on the Dust Safety Science podcast to discuss the matter.
Chris Cloney and his team had been hearing more about fake systems and fake certificates of systems from Dust Safety Professionals member companies, as well as end-users around the world, so they reached out to Terry to discuss further.
