As part of its aim to make the regulatory system work better for business and help it save money the Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) has signed memoranda of understanding with five major regulatory bodies.
Employees at Eggborough power station in North Yorkshire have become the first in the UK to take and pass the new IOSH-accredited ‘Managing safely for the power sector’ course.
Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training (FASET), the trade association serving the safety-net sector, has launched a new four-day training course leading to the award of FASET Specialist Rigger.
Commercial drivers and transport managers have been urged to check that their vehicles’ windscreen-washer systems contain screenwash to avoid the risk of Legionnaires’ disease.
Maintenance products supplier Brammer has issued a warning to industry about the need to limit employees’ exposure to hand-arm vibration caused by older equipment, in the light of legislation effective from July this year.
A restaurant director and chef, who starred in Gordon Ramsay’s 'F Word'
television programme, have backed the HSE’s call for restauranteurs to
reduce the likelihood of slips, trips and falls in their kitchens.
Employers keen on ensuring that their employees who travel on business
have quick and efficient access to vaccines and anti-malarial
medication may be interested in a new service from Lloydspharmacy.
International integrated energy and refining company, ConocoPhillips has been praised by a medical research charity for an initiative that promotes awareness of the dangers of noise-induced hearing loss.
