Safety Health Practitioner

International safety systems: Workin’ USA

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

It is exactly 40 years since the United States’ OSH Act and the country’s first nationwide approach to workplace safety were introduced. The American system of workplace safety is, however, very different to that in the UK, so James Pomeroy compares the two at a time when many leading industry figures on this side of the pond are asking whether we need to change our approach.

Training: Higher education

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Fed up of flipcharts? Sick of slides? Training doesn’t have to be tedious, as a trio of creative and engaging new methods investigated by Tina Weadick and Vic Motune demonstrates.

IOSH conference 2010: Blazing a trail in fire safety

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Designing safer buildings requires the fire-safety engineer to gain a full understanding of the user’s needs and intentions in running the building, as Andy Passingham explains.

Warehousing: Safety in store

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

With thousands of work-related injuries recorded in the warehousing, storage and road-haulage sectors every year, regular inspection of storage equipment is essential to ensure employees’ safety, says Alex Ashcroft.

Work at height: Confronting competency

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

In 2007/08, falls from height accounted for one in five recorded fatalities among employees and nearly half of deaths among the self-employed.1 Peter Bennett looks at two key issues in relation to working at height – training and competence – and unravels what they mean in practice for workers, supervisors and managers.