This year the government has finally announced that they will be setting up an independent regulatory challenge panel to assist businesses that feel they have been the “recipients of erroneous, or over-the-top advice from HSE” This is in the wake of the findings of the Löfstedt review that was held in November that asked for a [...] Read more »
Good News for Fire Risk Assessments
I think the launch of the new fire risk assessor professional register by the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM) is is a really good thing for our industry. The register will recognise all he schemes that have UKAS accreditation so by using a supplier that is registered you can rest assured that they have been [...] Read more »
Simple jobs can have serious consequences
I was ready recently in the news about how a construction worker was permanently scarred after an electrical explosion occurred when underground cables were hit, and it just re-iterated to me how important method statements and risk assessments are to even the most simple of jobs. Taking the case of this poor man, who was simply asked [...] Read more »
We all get it wrong sometimes
I happened to glance a peek of this video on a popular early morning television program, and it did make me smile so I had to share it with you Read more »
Dealing with stress in the workplace
According to this article, Stress has jumped to the top of the sickness chart for long term absences Arguably the one thing we know about stress is that we don’t know much about it. Or to be more specific, we don’t know the real impact of stress on workers – or anyone else for that [...] Read more »
Health and Safety in Schools, has it gone one step too far?
Schools ban girls from wearing skirts over fears sex attacks Following in the wake of the ludicrous decision by the authorities at Wimbledon to close Henman Hill because of slippery grass, comes another knee-jerk reaction guaranteed once again to bring ‘Elf & Safety’ into disrepute, this involves the school children that were putting themselves ‘at [...] Read more »
In the news recently, Father and son car dealers fined over skylight fall
In the news last month was an article about an incident where a worker fell through a skylight and how the company were failing to ensure the safety of their workers. Whilst there was absolutely no intent to hurt any of the workers, Read more »
health and safety in schools shouldn’t be used as a barrier for fun education
I was really sad to read an article written on the Safety and Health Practitioner website just last week on ‘ Health and safety used as an excuse to avoid school trips, say MPs’ (you can read the full article here) Basically the article highlights the fact that a lot of teachers who haven’t had the [...] Read more »
