12 November Can I clear snow & ice? Winter is fast approaching and with it comes the early morning frosts, soon to be followed by snow, and ice in the coming weeks. We have a guide on how to protect yourself, and your staff from slips and falls due to snow and ice on pavements. It is a popular misconception that it is … Read More
17 October Finger guards, do you need to install them? It is established practice to install finger guards on doors where vulnerable adults or young children use your premises. But how do they prevent accidents, and when should they be fitted? When a door closes into its frame, there are a number of points where fingers may become trapped, these include the latch, the hinge … Read More
1 October HSE cost recovery scheme starts today The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) new cost recovery scheme — Fee for Intervention (FFI) — comes into force today (1st October 2012) in England, Scotland and Wales. Under the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of HSE’s related costs, including inspection, investigation and … Read More
25 September Demand for inquest into Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak Lawyers representing the 48 survivors of Legionnaires Disease as well as the families of the four victims who tragically died in two major Legionnaires’ Disease outbreaks in Stoke-on-Trent in July and Edinburgh in May have called for a Public Inquiry into the problems, describing new safety advice on legionella bacteria as ‘too little, too late’. … Read More
12 September Promoting a positive Health & Safety culture The culture of an organisation makes the greatest contribution to its Health and Safety performance. A careless culture can lead to a reduced level of productivity in the workplace, through low morale, ill health and time off work through injuries and maladies. What is a Health & Safety culture? There are three key points to … Read More
14 August Ten tips for performing a safety audit Have you ever performed a safety audit? Recently I performed one in our office as part of our regular checks to ensure that everything is up to scratch, as I hadn’t done one for quite a while I asked Mike Ellerby for some advice. He provided some useful tips and the most important was to … Read More
24 July Food Safety Inspection – How to prepare for a visit from the inspector More and more councils are publishing the results of their inspections online and scoring restaurants on their food safety results through the ‘Scores on the Doors’ system, it is more important than ever for your business to be prepared when the Environmental Health Officer (EHO) pays you a visit. Figures from the World Health Organisation … Read More
9 July HSE publishes 2011/12 fatal injury statistics The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have published official statistics published which shows that the number of workers fatally injured in Britain last year remains largely unchanged. The provisional data has been released for April 2011 to March 2012, which shows 173 workers were killed – down 2 from the previous year. The rate of … Read More
2 July HSE confirms start date for cost recovery scheme The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, called the “Fee for Intervention” (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012 subject to Parliamentary approval. The HSE has published some new details guidance setting out how the scheme will work in practice on its website, you can view this here. Developed … Read More
29 June LRB Consulting present two awards to local students We are pleased to announce that we sponsored two awards given to students at a local college, with the awards being presented on the evening of 28th June 2012. The two awards were presented for: • The most improved science student for academic progress, attitude and positive contribution in class, and • The MIS (Maths, … Read More