Behaviour Based Safety
Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) is a process that creates a safety partnership between management and employees or contractors.
Cycle 4 Heroes
On Armed Forces Day (Saturday 25th June) Kevin Harvey our Health and Safety Consultant and Team Leader joined in with the Cycle 4 Heroes event.
Man killed by falling boxes
A Plymouth company has been fined £500,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries when a stack of boxes of frozen fish fell on him.
What does the Brexit mean for health and safety?
On triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Britain and the EU will begin upon a two-year period of negotiation to determine the terms under which we will deal with the rest of mainland Europe
Practice Safe
“Surgery without audit is like playing cricket without keeping the score.” Firstly I should apologise for misappropriating Hugh Brendan Devlin’s quote but the purpose of the Care Quality Comission (CQC) audit scheme is to establish a national standard for health care providers and should reassure patients as well as those working in the industry. The…
The wait is almost over
On June 10th, Euro 2016 kicked off. Patriotism will be the name of the game as four weeks of high intensity football stand to dominate our screens and our conversations. Employers, be prepared. Be prepared for national rivalries, last-minute holiday requests, staff absences, and the general distraction that epic sporting events like this bring with…
Online fire risk assessments
12 months ago we set ourselves a challenge to find a way that our fire risk assessment could meet the requirements of the RRO, the expectations of the local fire brigades and to help our customers to better manage their fire risks. This has resulted in our new online fire risk assessment which not only…
Lend me your ears…
A loss of any form of sensory input is a life changing event. Consider our ability to perceive sound; the accumulative destruction of hearing over time can and will be devastating to the individual concerned. Whilst hearing sensitivity does decrease with age, the risk of accelerated loss can be worsened by exposure to excessive noise…
CDM changes still causing confusion
It is over a year since the CDM changes were brought in, but there still seems to be some confusion as to how the regulations have panned out and what the implications are for builders, especially those working on smaller projects. Here’s a quick re-cap: Changes to the regulations and the roles of the duty…
Company fined £100,000 after worker crushed by marble
Following a serious accident the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated a cargo handling company and found that an unsafe system of work had been used. On 15 August 2014 an employee of Extreme Handling (a supplier of forklift drivers and general warehouse operatives) was working at GMA Warehousing and Transport’s site in Felixstowe, Suffolk. …
