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Many companies have risk assessments covering their work activities. It is a legal requirement to do so and it’s the first port of call when an incident occurs, but is it enough? Even if your employees have read the risk assessments and have signed to say they have understood, will you be deemed to have […]
Do you use accident statistics to judge your health and safety performance? Accident statistics can provide a good indication that you’re on the right track. Low accident rates are good! Analysing trends over time can show where you may have problems and allows you to implement measures to correct them. However, there is a problem […]
The next year is going to be an interesting one in terms of changes to first aid, with several major changes coming over the next 12 months. In this blog post we are specifically looking at the changes to workplace first aid kit requirements. What has changed? We now have the new British Standard […]
Be honest. What do you really think about health and safety? Do you see it as just a lot of paperwork for not a lot of benefit? If the answer is “yes” then you might actually be right! Health and safety management is notorious for generating huge amounts of paperwork. Checklists for this, signing sheets […]
Do you prioritise health and safety compliance? For some years now, if you were found to be in material breach of health and safety law, you would have had to pay for the time it takes the HSE to identify the breach and help you needed to put things right. This includes investigating and taking […]
Fork lift trucks are a popular commodity for a lot of businesses, and it is often the case that they are driven in areas where people are working. In recent months we have seen several prosecutions relating to workplace transport and this simply reiterates the importance of ensuring you manage the workplace transport on your […]
With the recent news that welding fume has been classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) there has been much talk in the workplace about respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and facial hair. Before we discuss respiratory protection it’s important to remember that any form of personal protective equipment, […]
You may have noticed the furore that has been stoked by the recent re-classification of welding fume gases as a known carcinogen and so we thought it might be worth giving you some advice and background information. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a monograph in July 2018 in which they discussed […]
Safety Leadership is a vital component of any health & safety process & is critical to the success of any health and safety management programme. Leadership and commitment are essential in ALL aspects of business management – so why should health and safety be any different? Our IOSH Leading Safely course can help you face […]
The HSE periodically undertake campaigns for various topics. A recent campaign was to look into occupational ill health issues, particularly those caused by silica dust. Crystalline silica is a basic component of soil, sand, granite and many other minerals, Quartz being the most common form of crystalline silica. Regularly breathing construction dust can cause diseases […]