Is permanently working from home healthy and safe? In July, advice from the government was focused on employees returning to the workplace. For many, this provided a welcome respite for their physical and mental health. Then came September, and with the decision reverted (in favour of home-working), workers have found themselves once again working in […]
Health and Safety Fines and Prosecutions
Latest health and safety fines and prosecutions from October published by SHP. These come from across multiple industries and work activities, including: Warehousing Gas safety Tree felling Vehicles in construction Steel industry Some interesting failures that did not always result in injury, but had the potential to do so. If you need help, support and […]
HSE Welding Safety Changes and Guidance
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued welding safety changes and guidance. They are advising employers and business owners to review their risk assessments. Controls must be adequate to reduce risks to health. Lung disease deaths linked to past exposures at work are estimated at 12,000. Estimated figures of people currently diagnosed with an […]
Protect people, property and stock from fire
How to protect people, property and stock from fire should be high on the priority list of all businesses. Fire crews were recently called out on a Sunday evening to a Stockport manufacturing business on a shared industrial estate. Fortunately, no one was harmed. It took 20 firefighters around 3 hours to tackle the blaze. […]
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