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Tribute to Vacuum Designer
By Elizabeth O'Brien,
Coordinator, The LEAD Group Inc.,
Manager, Lead Advisory Service (LAS)
It is with much sadness that I heard the news
that Arnold Plooy of Safe-T-Vac recently fell from a roof and is now a paraplegic. Arnold
is the founder and vacuum cleaner designer and builder who has provided the most support
for The LEAD Group for over half a decade in The LEAD Group's campaigns to have, firstly,
paint removal contractors and then, ceiling dust removal contractors use HEPA filtered
vacuum equipment. He organised for Safe-T-Vac to become the first and until recently the
only company in NSW from which the householder could hire an industrial HEPA vacuum
cleaner for use in cleaning up lead paint dust after renovations. Arnold has the creative
genius and practical understanding to be able to custom design and build anything from
back pack vacs to truck mounted vacuum extraction units to the contractor's requirements,
and he has done so on many occasions, thus making an incredible contribution to improved
air quality for both workers and residents. Thankfully, Safe-T-Vac is still going strong
as Arnold continues to work from hospital on design and has engineers still building his
fantastic cleaning machines.
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