20 December Health and Safety Q&A – Lifting Operations The following Q&A session is intended to provide answers to some of your issues. If you need further assistance, please contact us to discuss how we can help you. Q – What legislation applies to the use of Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operation? The use of lifting equipment is covered by the Lifting Operations and … Read More
20 December Health and Safety Obligations Every organisation has Legal & Moral Health and Safety Obligations, in addition to the financial benefits for doing it well. What this means i.e What must you do: Establishing management structure for health and safety Who is Responsible for What? Create a Health & Safety Policy Policy Statement Organisational arrangements Arrangements for Health and Safety … Read More
20 December Accidents and Consequences With an increase in the number of recorded workplace fatalities, accidents and consequences, Mike Ellerby this month looks at the some of the commonest causes of workplace fatalities and considers what companies can do to help to prevent these and to protect their employees and their businesses. Read More
29 November HSE Accident Statistics 2008 – 09 Company fined £50,000 following death of a manager. Dudley Metropolitan Council was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. A council employee and the driver of the vehicle, pleaded guilty to two breaches of Section 7 of the … Read More
29 November Falls from vehicles and trailers, such as during Loading and Unloading Operations According to statistics available from the HSE, around 2000 workers are seriously injured every year as a result of falling from a vehicle and about five of these people suffer fatal injuries. Many of the accidents involve falls from below head height. It is estimated that the economic and human cost of such incidents is … Read More
29 November Too many vehicles not roadworthy Many companies are still not facing up to one of the biggest risks to the lives of their employees – occupational road risk. 200- 250 people die in the workplace each year, but further 800 – 1100 employees are killed on the road each year. For assistance with Occupational Road Risk Policies and driver/vehicle documentation.Call … Read More
29 November Gas Safety Changes From the beginning of April 2009, the Gas Safe Register has replaced the CORGI gas registration scheme in Great Britain. Fourteen people died last year from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning that was due to badly installed, repaired or maintained gas appliances. Gas Safety Certificates for Landlords Read More
29 November Landlords Fire Safety Landlords Fire Safety – What do I need to do? The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO) brought the common parts of blocks of flats within the scope of mainstream fire safety legislation for the first time. The FSO imposes duties on persons who may include freeholders, landlords, managing agents and contractors who … Read More
29 November Scores on the Doors Many local authorities operate a scheme to provide information to customers of food businesses to enable them to make informed choices about the places where they eat out or purchase food from. Local authority enforcement officers (or Environmental Health Officers) are responsible for inspecting food businesses to ensure that they meet the legal requirements on … Read More
29 November Swine Flu Swine influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease that is more normally found in pigs, but (as the news programmes indicate) human cases can and do occur. The symptoms of swine influenza in people are similar to the normal flu symptoms and include: fever fatigue lack of appetite coughing and sore throat. Some people with … Read More