Asbestos training If you do work that might disturb asbestos materials, you are legally required to have the right information, instruction and training. There are three levels of asbestos training av...Read More
Risk… harm… how do you weigh up what is or isn’t sufficient? Health and safety is a fabulous concept – let’s keep everyone safe, all the time. In reality, there are risks and the potential f...Read More
Published online on 16 December 2021 – the latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain, including the following key annual figures (2020/21): 1.7 million working people...Read More
The HSE has just expanded it’s guidance and advice on protecting those working at home to remind and emphasise to employers that they have the same health and safety responsibilities for those worki...Read More
LEV is an abbreviation of ‘local exhaust ventilation’ and is an engineering control used to reduce the risk of inhalation of substances hazardous to health in a workplace, such as dust, ga...Read More
This time a year ago the world watched on as we heard about a new contagious illness in China called Coronavirus, or Covid-19. We were told it came from someone eating a bat from a wet market in Wuhan...Read More
Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) can be present in any building that has been built prior to the year 2000. Domestic owners may not realise their home contains asbestos. ACM can be found in substan...Read More
Health and safety statistics 2020 Published on 4 November 2020, the latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain include the following key annual figures (2019/20): 1.6 million...Read More
These key figures for Great Britain over 2017/2018 have been published by the HSE: 144 workers killed at work 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness 71,062 injuries to employ...Read More
In the light of the recent spell of exceptionally hot weather, it is important for both employers and employees to play a responsible role, to ensure everyone remains healthy and able to operate norma...Read More
