All employers must learn how to manage safety. It’s the law of the land, the right thing to do and staff work better when the boss leads by example. The benefits of managing safety in the workplace are limitless and the money spent on it is a tiny percent of what comes out of the […]
The State of the Nation’s Health and Safety
The state of the nation’s health and safety still shows some woeful figures. It shows that there is still lots to do to reduce the risk of injury, ill-health and even deaths at work. Get in touch if you are at risk of becoming a statistic. Training costs outweigh the cost to put things right after the event. […]
Working at height can prove fatal
Workers were allowed to walk on the roof, despite a sign on the building saying ‘Danger – Fragile Roof’. Yet another sad reminder that working at height can prove fatal and in Mr Hoskin’s case it did. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation at the South Devon crematorium discovered that Mr Hoskin didn’t have any training or […]
Why health and safety training matters
If the middle name of your business is safety, then there’s an added pressure to have robust and effective health and safety policy and procedures throughout the organisation. If what your business makes and sells is for the safety industry, then you’d better make sure that staff and management realise with clarity, their important role within that health […]