20 June A guide to controlling legionella bacteria (Legionnaires’ disease) As Legionnaires’ disease all too often makes into the headlines, we felt it prudent to issue some advice and guidance about the Legionella and the health risks associated with it. If you are an employer, or someone in control of premises, including landlords, you must understand the health risks associated with Legionella; this guide will … Read More
13 June Personal Protective Equipment – An overview of what you need to know Introduction Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used widely in many occupational activities and in most workplaces. PPE is diverse and includes eye and face protection; hand and arm protection; protective clothing; high-visibility clothing; foot protection and leg, head protection; hearing protection; respiratory protection; drowning protection and personal fall protection. Personal protective equipment should be considered … Read More
2 May How often should I perform electrical safety tests? The Health & Safety Executive launched a revised guidance on portable appliance testing (PAT) to put to rest a myth that every portable electrical appliance in the workplace must be tested once a year, every year. This is a costly myth which is estimated to cost office-based businesses more than £30 million a year. Misleading … Read More
15 March HSE delays cost recovery scheme The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced today that its cost recovery scheme, ‘Fee for Intervention’, is going ahead but will now not start in April 2012. The scheme is to recover costs from those who break health and safety laws for the time and effort the HSE spends on helping to put matters right … Read More
26 February Fire Safety Video / Podcast (pt 1) Fire Safety Video / Podcast (part 1) from Mike Ellerby of LRB Consulting Ltd. Mike talks of duties of the Fire Safety Responsible Person – protecting employees, visitors and members of the public. Read More
18 January Cold Weather Safety Cold weather safety – Working in a cold environment is difficult and has many potential problems, normally a cold environment in the workplace could be a freezer, or server room, but during the winter outdoor workers will also experience some very cold, and potentially hazardous. It could be the average temperature for the area, the … Read More
11 January Avoid the falls of working at height The best way to avoid working at height, is not to! If you can avoid it, then do so. For example many window cleaners now use a reach and wash system to avoid climbing ladders all day long. Where this cannot be achieved alternative methods are used, such as cradles, cherry pickers, and self cleaning … Read More
14 December Are you driving? You shouldn’t be reading this then… There’s a story from across the ‘pond’ today, in America the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is the agency for investigating major accidents, has called for a complete ban on calling and texting whilst driving, even when using a handsfree device. The article cites the fact that more than 3,000 people died last year … Read More
14 November The Admin Blog – LRB Health & Safety Consulting News It has been incredibly busy in the office over the past few weeks. We have been working hard on a contract to provide Water Hygiene, Legionella and Asbestos Legionnaires’ disease approved code of practice booktraining to a major client, and in the office, this primarily involves preparing all of the training materials and collating them … Read More
14 November Free Fire Safety Guides Our Fire Safety expert, John, has recently found a number of useful guides relating to Fire Safety in the workplace, and how to prevent and reduce the risk of fire. The guides are available on the Communities and Government website, and there are a number of guides available for different types of building and business. … Read More