Last week, our Simply Put article looked at the benefits of a positive health and safety culture in the workplace. In this article, we’re looking at the costs of poor health and safety to businesses, society, and employees.

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Noise at work Workplace noise is a pervasive hazard that can have serious long lasting consequences on employee health and wellbeing. It is important for employers to seriously consider the effect of excessive noise in the workplace, and take steps to prevent their employees.

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The benefits of good health and safety We often talk about the importance of good workplace health and safety, and the far-reaching benefits of encouraging a positive health and safety culture. So we thought today, we’d have a look at what exactly those benefits are, and why health and safety should be an important aspect

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Changes to labels on chemical packaging (CLP Regulations) In this article, we’re looking at the recent changes to labels on chemical packaging. The CLP Regulation, which deals with classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, came into force in January 2009.  CLP adopts the United Nations’ Globally Harmonised System (GHS) on the classification and

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Accident Reporting This week’s Simply Put article takes a closer look at accident reporting. The article covers: What do we mean by ‘accident’ and ‘incident’? What accidents should we report? What are the benefits of good accident reporting procedures?

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Stars of Health and Safety interview with Mike Ellerby Our director, Mike Ellerby, was recently interviewed by the Health and Safety Works blog for their feature ‘Stars of Health and Safety’. This Q&A feature regularly looks at ‘the movers and shakers in the Health and Safety landscape’, and approached Mike to get his views on

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Next Wednesday, a free seminar of construction safety is being held at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham. Members of the construction industry across the Midlands are invited. The event is called ‘Looking Back, Moving Forward’. The seminar will be looking at the challenges that are currently facing the sector – including recent and upcoming regulation

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Work-Related Stress Pressure can be a positive force in the workplace – it helps to motivate employees, and boosts their energy and productivity levels. But when this pressure exceeds an employee’s ability to cope, it becomes a negative force. It becomes work-related stress – which can have far-reaching negative implications. This article puts the spotlight

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Training Health and safety training is an area of concern and interest for virtually all companies. Training is an important part of health and safety management. It is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that everyone who works for you knows how to work safely, and without risks to health. In this article, we take a

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