PIB Risk Management is delighted to announce the appointment of Rhiannon Hammond-Jones as HR Consultant. Rhiannon has 20 years’ experience as an HR Practitioner in the health sector, higher education and most recently as a HR Consultant, adding further strength to the Risk Management team. Rhiannon will be helping clients manage risks to their businesses, and supporting to develop skills … Read More
ROAD TANKER SAFETY ALERT
The HSE have issued a safety alert following an incident in April 2020 when the driver of a vehicle carrying nitric acid noticed vapour coming from the tanker barrel in the area of the pressure/vacuum relief valve. He stopped at the roadside and rang the emergency services. Police closed the road and it remained closed until the tanker barrel had … Read More
LONDON DIRECT VISION STANDARD AND HGV PERMIT NOW IN FORCE
Previously we have reported on places to introduce a scheme whereby HGV’s over 12 tonnes would require a safety permit to enter Greater London or face a fine. It was proposed that vehicles would be given a zero to five star rating based on how much the driver can see directly from the vehicle’s cab, the more the driver can … Read More
LATEST HEALTH AND SAFETY FIGURES FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts. This covers the period 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. This report shows a fall in the number of fatal accidents with 11 deaths in the latest year (down from 13 the previous year), an 11% fall in the number of major injuries … Read More
FREE HSE RISK MANAGEMENT WEBINAR
Managing risks in the workplace can have a number of benefits for the employer, the employee and others including making work safer, avoiding unexpected events, contributing to a positive workplace culture and successful project management, financial savings and saving time and effort, better decision making and communication. So good risk management is vital, but too often risk assessment can become … Read More
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): SAFER PRACTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL HAULIERS FROM 6TH APRIL 2021
The Department for Transport has announced that rules for safer behaviour for hauliers making international journeys will take effect from 6th April. Hauliers entering England from outside of the Common Travel Area (UK, the Crown Dependencies (Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man) and Ireland) staying for longer than 2 days must take a coronavirus test … Read More
A GUIDE TO RETURNING TO WORK SAFELY AFTER LOCKDOWN
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt society presenting major challenges; workplaces have had to adapt new, Covid-secure ways of working, balancing the health & safety and wellbeing needs of employees and customers whilst operating their business. PIB Risk Management are committed to supporting businesses and have developed a ‘return to work checklist’, designed to support you to plan and implement processes … Read More
COVID-19 AND UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIMS
The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has left employers with many questions such as: Can we ask employees to reveal whether or not they have received the vaccination? What action should we take if an employee refuses the vaccination when it is offered? Can we dismiss an employee who refuses to come into the workplace due to Covid concerns? Unfortunately, there are … Read More
SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER DEATHS ON THE ROADS
The latest road casualty figures released by the Department for Transport show that in the year ending June 2020 there were 1,580 reported road deaths. While this figure is only provisional at this stage this is significantly lower than the 1,827 road deaths reported for the previous year and the 1,798 annual average for the period 2010 to 2014. The … Read More
CORONAVIRUS AND OCCUPATIONAL RISK
While the majority of deaths involving Covid-19 have affected people in the 65 and over age groups, there have been a significant number of deaths of people younger than this. In January the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published an analysis of deaths by different occupational groups, among men and women aged 20 to 64 years in England and Wales. … Read More