SHP weekly top 5
SHP weekly top five
September 25, 2020
The top five most-read articles on SHP this week include: Coronavirus advice for employers, PPE and coronavirus, Scaffolding company and director fined following ‘avoidable’ fall from height fatality, Business owner convicted after ignoring notices and Fire Door Safety Week 2020. Read More
Safety & Health Podcast
‘I’m totally comfortable with talking about the pandemic as both a risk and an opportunity for practitioners’
September 24, 2020
In episode 3 of the Safety & Health Podcast, 'IOSH President Andrew Sharman and how What3Words protects lone workers', hear from Andrew Sharman about adapting to COVID-19, and his latest collaborative book, and Giles Rhys Jones, Chief Marketing Officer at What3Words, about how the geocoding system can be used to keep lone workers safe. Read More
wellbeing
Lighthouse Charity offers free wellbeing training for construction industry
September 24, 2020
As a direct result of the wellbeing issues presented to its 24/7 Construction Industry Helpline, the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has announced that it will deliver £20,000 of free mental health and wellbeing training to the industry for the remainder of 2020. Read More
coronavirus
NHS Test and Trace service in the workplace and fines for businesses standing in the way of self-isolation
September 24, 2020
Guidance on the NHS Test and Trace service for employers, businesses and workers, while business owners who threaten self-isolating staff with redundancy if they do not come to work could face a fine. Read More
Coronavirus
Coronavirus advice for employers
September 23, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that series of tougher measures will be re-introduced to help tackle the spread of coronavirus, during a television address on Tuesday 22 September, and warned that they could be here to stay for up to six months. Read More
Fire Door Safety Week
Fire Door Safety Week 2020
September 23, 2020
Fire Door Safety Week was first launched in 2013, in response to a legacy of fire door neglect. It returns once more for its seventh year in 2020, highlighting research undertaken into the state of fire door maintenance, inspection and replacements across local authority owned and managed housing in the UK Read More
automated gates
Gate Safe commemorates 10 years of improving automated gate safety
September 23, 2020
Ten years ago, the charity Gate Safe was formed. As the charity commemorates its 10th anniversary, a recent survey of Gate Safe installers, indicates that business appears to be booming, which means that there is an ever increasing requirement to ensure the safety of the high number of gates being installed and maintained. Read More
Taxi safety
Coronavirus: Safety screens developed for taxis
September 23, 2020
Toyota has developed a new safety screen to fit into the cabins of taxis, to help mitigate coronavirus transmission for taxi drivers and customers. Read More
Legislation & guidance
Guidance for crane users updated
September 22, 2020
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a revised version of its guidance CAP1096. Read More
road safety
‘1 in 5 motorists are more anxious on the road than pre-lockdown’
September 22, 2020
COVID-19 has caused motorist anxiety and stress levels to rocket, a study by IAM RoadSmart has discovered. Read More
Hard Hats
Hard Hat Awareness Week: ‘Check your hard hat’, urges brain injury charity
September 22, 2020
Hard Hat Awareness Week runs from 21-27 September and will see a series of activities designed to drive awareness of brain injury and encourage best practice around safety equipment. Read More
Sponsored content
Is an AED part of your COVID-19 health and safety plan?
September 22, 2020
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) happens in a split second. If a colleague collapses, the clock starts ticking in the race to restore a normal rhythm to their heart. What do you do? Read More
