Health and safety is more than just a few rules and regulations – it is an absolutely essential part of business that has a huge impact on the lives of employees. Health and safety procedures, when they are put into place, help the workplace to run more smoothly and protect the health of employees. If… Read more »
Promoting Health and Safety at Work
If you are a manager or a supervisor, you are responsible under law for health and safety management within your workplace. You might not realise it, but this is a very important part of your role within the workplace. It is your duty to protect the well-being of all people working for you and any… Read more »
What You Should Know About Asbestos!
There has been a campaign for the ban on Asbestos for more than 50 years, but this dangerous material is still in use within our midst. In fact, this toxic fibre is still the single greatest cause of work related deaths in the UK. Asbestos is a naturally occurring set of silicate minerals that form long and… Read more »
Not So Good Vibrations – Vibration at Work: Long-Term Effects, HAVS and Legal Limits
If you work with vibrating tools or vehicles regularly — using a drill, grinder or chainsaw, or driving a fork truck — you may be at risk of long-term damage to your hands, arms and whole body. Many workers don’t realise that sustained exposure to vibration is a recognised health hazard, capable of causing back… Read more »
Don’t be a Shocking Statistic – How to Prevent Electrical Accidents at Work
Electricity is an important part of our daily life and we use it all the time. However, if it is not handled correctly electricity can be dangerous enough to kill or severely injure. It also has the potential to cause serious damage to property. People work with electricity in a number of different industries and there are important… Read more »
A Slippery Slope to Injury – Preventing Slips and Trips at Work
Slipping and tripping accidents seem like something that might happen in a slapstick comedy, but when they happen in real life in the workplace they are not so funny and can actually be quite dangerous. A slip or a fall at work could result in a head injury, a broken bone, a bruised tailbone or a spinal injury…. Read more »
A Few Good Reasons to Take First Aid Training
Whether you are taking a first aid training course as a workplace health and safety requirement or simply for your own knowledge, the information that you learn is incredibly valuable. Here are a few reasons why you should take training: Once someone stops breathing or their heart stops pumping blood, they can only survive for approximately five to… Read more »
Health and Safety Breaches Resulted in the Death of a Girl in West London, UK
An article published on 23rd November 2013 on 3News – A girl at a water park in the west part of London during 2010 was fatally struck by a Kiwi driver of a ski boat. A catalogue of health and safety breaches resulted in the death of a girl – of which one of these breaches was… Read more »
Comparing IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & CITB Directors Role for Health & Safety Courses
If you are pursuing a career in the health and safety industry or you would like to know how become a health and safety officer, these two courses would both be very advantageous for you. They offer important health and safety instruction which can help to improve your skills and gain you the employment you… Read more »
Comparing the SSSTS & CCNSG Safety Passport
The CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) and the ECITB CCNSG Safety Passport are both well-respected construction and engineering safety qualifications — and they’re often confused. They share a couple of features (both two days, both multiple-choice assessed at 80%), but they serve genuinely different people: one is a baseline credential for getting on… Read more »