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EssentialSkillz will be demonstrating its new DSE training and risk assessment solution, ErgoWize.<br> Read More
April 2, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Ergonomics Society is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, so current president Tom Stewart looks back at the development of the discipline and forward to more collaborative working between ergonomists and safety and health practitioners.</span><br><br> Read More
April 2, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) formalise the requirement to undertake an assessment of the explosion risk due to vapours, gases, or dusts. With reference to an oil-storage terminal, Alex Hills discusses the factors such an assessment should consider.</span> Read More
March 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">Musculoskeletal disorders, and particularly those affecting the upper limbs, are the most common occupational illness in the UK, but there is much that can be done to prevent, or alleviate them if their causes and symptoms are understood, says Dr Chris Ide.</span> Read More
November 27, 2008
A road-safety charity has launched a campaign to urge employers to use incentive schemes to ensure safer driving behaviour among their employees. Read More
November 21, 2008
This summer, training provider RRC convened a round-table of health and safety leaders from the construction industry for a full and frank discussion of the issues facing the sector today. Here, Gary Fallaize, who chaired the event, provides a summary of their concerns and conclusions. Read More
November 17, 2008
Paul Craddock and Barbara Marino argue that we need to recapture sustainability in construction from an exclusively 'green' agenda, and that the new role of CDM coordinator, with its attendant health and safety competence and responsibilities, is an excellent way of doing so. Read More
November 12, 2008
Bovis Lend Lease has decided to install black-box data recorders on its cranes as part of a new safety system. Read More
September 22, 2008
Based on its own research, which found that one in five companies do not have an eyecare policy for their staff, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has produced a free guide to the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992. Read More
July 23, 2008
Richard Phelps guides safety and health practitioners through the main factors to bear in mind when weighing up which online display screen equipment (DSE) risk assessment and training system to choose. Read More