10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. Sadly, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The international theme for World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 until 2023 is ‘Creating hope through action’, which aims to empower people with the confidence to engage with the complexity of ‘hope’. The construction industry can be proud of the…
Over the course of July, our consultants spent more than 850 hours on construction sites across the UK providing advice on a wide variety of health and safety issues. July 2021 Site Safety Report Two of the most common issues were Risk and COSHH assessments, where we were able to guide our customers to our…
The HSE has issued an e-Bulletin as temperatures are set to soar across Britain this week. At THSP Risk Management we work closely with our customers in the construction industry to ensure that their workers will be as safe as possible. Where possible work should be planned to reduce exposure to UV rays and bright sunlight, particularly…
The Prime Minister has confirmed that Step 4 of the Roadmap out of lockdown restrictions will proceed as planned on 19 July.
This week the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published data surrounding the number of workplace fatalities in the UK for 2020-2021.
Despite there being two bank holidays in the month, our consultant team was kept very busy throughout May, both helping customers at their premises and conducting site safety visits. With all of our site and audit reports now being available to our customers on their own MyTHSP page, they are able to address and close…
This is a photograph taken by the Health & Safety Executive and used recently in a court case prosecuting the contractor responsible for failing to comply with Work at Height Regulations. Whenever I see photos like this, I just find myself asking the same questions: Why, how, what? Most people reading this will be aware…
This question now being asked of us by some of our customers is to clarify when they will be able to return to work as “normal”. The government’s roadmap sets out four key steps on the way to this. Step one is where we are now, with schools and education resuming on site. If things…
The HSE website advises that a method statement should set out “in a logical sequence exactly how a job is to be carried out in a way that secures health and safety and includes all the control measures.” “Never mind the quality, feel the width.” A phrase used to persuade you that quantity is more…
IR35 will be coming into force on the 6th April 2021, but are you ready? We’ve put together a quick guide to help you understand what is changing, how you can assess your relationship with self-employed workers and what options you have as an employer. If you rely upon self-employed workers, labour-only subcontractors, or an…