29 August HSE Campaign – DUST KILLS It is a truism that: “The consequences of Safety Failures happen swiftly, whereas the Consequences of Health Failures arrive slowly”. The HSE has spent must of the Summer visiting sites and driving the Dust Kills Campaign Failure to prevent life-threatening diseases caused by dust at work is unacceptable, says the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), … Read More
7 April Face Fit Testing of RPE – Risk assessment and Prevention Face Fit Testing of RPE (Respiratory Protective Equipment) Respiratory Protective Equipment (or RPE) is used to protect wearers from exposure to a range of chemicals, solvents, dust, fibres, etc. It is often a protective measure that is identified in the risk assessment. The RPE must be able to provide adequate protection for individual wearers (otherwise … Read More
16 January Free Defibrillator Training We are offering Free Defibrillator training to our neighbours on Fridays – Ask for Defib Friday. Defib Fridays is a regular event for the businesses in the Office Village, Loughborough. We can offer this to other businesses, but you need to come to us! When the new Defib Unit was provided in the Office Village, … Read More
6 October Work at Height Introduction We are now several years on from the introduction of the introduction into UK law of the Work at Heights Regulations 2005. Despite that, not all organisations have come to terms with the implications of this law on their work activities. Many organisations still view the Work at Heights Regulations 2005 as construction-related legislation. The … Read More
13 June Effective Premises Compliance Audits – 03 July, London I’m running this course down in London on 03 July, in partnership with Understanding ModernGov Effective Premises Compliance Audits – Maintain Higher Standards of Health and Safety The public sector is responsible for a large and varied property portfolio, therefore having robust procedures in place to comply with statutory building compliance responsibilities is crucial to … Read More
22 May Safeguarding Training There is a lot more to Safeguarding than just getting the DBS checks done. It is recognised that the protection of vulnerable groups is an important issue and needs to be managed effectively. Vulnerable groups can include Children, Young Persons, Disabled Persons, and Elderly Persons, as well as other groups. We have recently been creating … Read More
28 January COSHH for small business COSHH Risk Assessment can be daunting for smaller businesses. Most of the businesses in the UK are small or medium-sized enterprises. The same health and safety laws apply to small businesses as apply to big ones, with a few exemptions on written risk assessments and policy documentation for very small companies. Note: these size-based exemptions … Read More
25 July Manual Handling Training Testimonial Manual Handling Training Testimonial for one of the team of consultants following delivery of an on-site course “LRB Consulting Ltd recently carried out manual handling training at our offices for both Facilities and IT. Paul interacted well with both groups and made the training a lot more interesting than it possibly could have been. Paul … Read More
5 November Permit to Work – not a bureaucratic nightmare Permit to work systems are excellent tools for controlling any non-routine procedures in any kind of workplace. They can be used effectively to manage the safety of contractors and in house workers. Like any health and safety management system they only work well when they are backed up by a culture of safety with full … Read More
30 October Health and Safety Concepts – Proactive Health and Safety Proactive Health and Safety – what do we mean? With respect to health and safety, are you Proactive or are you Reactive? Do you wait for things to happen and then respond? Is so, you are reactive. Most of us do a mixture of the two. We react to certain things and we try to … Read More