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14th January 2020
What’s happening? The HSE has recently published revised guidance on welding fume – this comes after it started enforcing higher standards in this area back in 2019. The long-awaited practical guidance will help employers understand how to manage the health risks of welding, and inspectors will be visiting to check businesses are on track with […]
17th December 2019
What’s Happened? Bike retailer Halfords has recently been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after a set of heavy boxes collapsed on to a staff member, pinning him against a wall and leaving him with a suspected cracked rib during the busy festive period. This case serves as a timely reminder for our retail-based clients […]
5th December 2019
Spare a thought for the myriad of hazards faced by Santa each year….In this blog, we take a light-hearted festive look over the risk assessment requirements involved in delivering millions of gifts around the world. So what exactly does Santa need to do to make sure he’s safe and that we all have a Merry […]
27th November 2019
It’s less than a month until Christmas and the office parties are about to start coming thick and fast. So it’s time to put plans in place to ensure that your workforce doesn’t take the idea too literally. As we move into December it’s nearly the “season to be jolly’, and so without sounding like […]
14th November 2019
The HSE has recently published new guidance with the aim of managing expectations about its likely enforcement response to reports of work-related stress. Stress… The HSE defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’. Employees obviously feel stress when they can’t cope with pressures […]
7th November 2019
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently released the annual injury and ill-health statistics for 2018/2019. These figures include statistics for work-related ill health, workplace injuries, working days lost, enforcement action taken, and the associated costs to Great Britain. Figures show that around 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries in 2018/2019, with 1.4 million workers […]
26th October 2019
What’s Happened? A construction company has recently been fined £65,000 after one of their carpenters sustained nerve and tissue damage to his lower back after a fall from height. The employee had climbed up to remove a nail from a brace holding trusses, one of which started to fall causing the employee to fall with it. The 36-year-old employee sustained nerve and tissue damage to […]
23rd October 2019
Every trading business carries Health & Safety risks. UK Health & Safety legislation is in force to ensure businesses take effective steps to manage these risks. We’ve compiled a 5 step guide to ensure your business has the relevant procedures in place to understand your exposures and implement the required actions. Competent Person All businesses […]
24th September 2019
What’s happened? The Director of the now-dissolved landscaping company R K United Ltd has recently been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered life-changing injuries from using a lorry loader which was in an appalling condition. An employee of R K United Ltd was using a lorry loader crane to deliver a load of […]
