September 18, 2020
Many businesses have begun to embrace the idea of flexible working and working from home and, in the current climate, more and more of us may find ourselves plunged into doing so for longer than the one to two days a week, which employers and employees adapt to fairly easily. Read More
September 18, 2020
Wembley Scaffolding Services Limited has been fined following an incident where a worker fell five metres and suffered a fatal head injury. HSE adjudged that no suitable risk assessment was carried out prior to the incident. Read More
September 18, 2020
Where workers are more vulnerable to accidents or work-related ill health, employers have an enhanced level of responsibility to ensure their health and safety. Read More
September 18, 2020
The top five most-read articles on SHP this week include: £2m fine after fatal incident at manufacturing site, PPE and coronavirus, £30,000 fine after two safety breaches in a month, Coronavirus advice for employers, and Can you make your business one percent safer? Read More
September 17, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new coronavirus safety rules to suppress the virus and keep the number of infections down. He said that the government’s plan to control the virus and protect the public, whilst keeping the economy and society open, is working, but warned against complacency. Following the increase spread of the virus across Europe, Mr Johnson said businesses, individuals and government need to take action. Read More
September 17, 2020
Paul Sear, National Technical Manager for SOCOTEC’s Water Hygiene team, outlines why the current focus on preventing another surge of COVID-19 infections should not compromise the control measures designed to prevent Legionnaires’ disease. Read More
September 17, 2020
'It is not good enough for companies to assume they are doing all they can to control the risk just because there have been no previous incidents,' says HSE, after a specialist industrial services company worker suffered a fatal injury. Read More
September 17, 2020
Make UK provides a range of practical solutions, support and insight to help businesses keep their people safe. Read More
September 16, 2020
To celebrate 10 years of Gas Safety Week, run by the Gas Safe Register, Ideal Heating has shared five must read pieces of advice on gas safety. Read More
September 16, 2020
Why it is so difficult to get people to follow instructions that are there for their safety? These are often very simple instructions, so why do they ignore safety rules and cut corners? Group Health and Safety Manager, Joe Smith, responds to a recent SHP article about behavioural safety progress. Read More
September 16, 2020
A firm has been fined £30,000 for breaching health and safety legislation after an employee injured his hand, a month after he had escaped unscathed in a similar incident which was not acted upon. Read More
September 16, 2020
Reminder that the HSE permitted those that hold a first aid certificate that expired on or after Monday 16 March, have until the end of September to requalify. Read More
September 15, 2020
One Percent Safer is described as an ‘anthology of the world’s best thought leaders, all in one place’. It contains 142 chapters, written by 142 different contributors, each one giving their best nugget of wisdom to make your organisation 1% safer. It’s out now, with all proceeds going to the One Percent Safer Foundation. Read More
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