The HSE announced the launch of a three-month inspection campaign in the waste and recycling industry on 1st October 2018. Unannounced inspections will focus in particular on the management of workplace transport and machinery safety. Continue reading…
The HSE has updated its guidance on mental health in the workplace, setting out the roles and responsibilities of employers to help their employees. The guidance contains various links to supporting materials. Continue reading…
RAMS are often prepared in advance of a project starting. Due diligence is applied to the known and sometimes assumed processes of application and implementation to enable a suitable and sufficient RAMS to be accepted by the Client or Principal Contractor. Continue reading…
A toolbox talk is a simple informal briefing given by experienced supervisors or operatives about a specified health and safety subject. Continue reading…
There is no safe depth for an excavation. Too often, our advisors are being told that an excavation does not need supporting unless it is 1.2m or greater in depth. Continue reading…
Our summer temperatures are getting higher and lasting longer year on year. Employers should identify the upper workplace temperature as foreseeable risk and take reasonable measures to protect their employees from the risks posed by heat exposure. Continue reading…
Although the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations only apply to indoor workplaces, that does not mean that employers do not also have a duty to employers working outside, such as construction or agricultural workers. Continue reading…
We have seen in the news, the tireless efforts of the fire services and armed forces to bring the fires under control on the Moors in Greater Manchester. Continue reading…
A ladder provided as access to a scaffold lift must be fit for purpose and maintained to enable safe use. Time and time again our advisor are finding damaged, incorrectly fitted and poorly secured ladder access points on scaffold structures. Although used specifically for access the is equipment must meet the same criteria as one selected to work from. Continue reading…
29% of the total number of non-fatal injuries reported through RIDDOR in 2016/2017 (70,116) were caused by slips, trips and falls on the same level. When comparing these figures with our monthly trends analysis, it is clear that this hazard remains prevalent in the workplace and can quickly develop into an ‘accident waiting to happen’. Continue reading…
