Construction Design and Management Case Studies
February 14, 2023The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released free guidance document containing a series of case studies to help small construction businesses and trades with understanding and applyi...
DVSA Guidance On Part-Worn Tyres
February 14, 2023The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) recently published an article regarding the use and sale of part-worn tyres. Part-worn tyres are tyres that have been used on a previous vehicle ...
Major CITB Grant Changes for Limited Time Only
February 8, 2023From the 1st of April 2023 CITB grants for Supervisor NVQs will increase from £600 to £1250 and Management/Project Managers will increase from £600 to £1500. This means that PIB Risk Man...
New Guidance for Supporting Employees with Disabilities and Long-term Health Issues
January 5, 2023Statistics show that despite record high levels of employment in the UK currently there is still a significant disability employment gap and disabled people are twice as likely to fall out of ...
Change to Permitted uses of Creosote in Northern Ireland
January 5, 2023Creosote, in particular coal tar creosote, has been used for many years as a wood preservative, however following concerns about health effects EU wide restrictions were put on the use of creo...
Working Minds Campaign Anniversary
January 5, 2023The HSE launched their Working Minds campaign in November 2021 in response to a worsening of employee’s health during the pandemic. To mark the first anniversary of the campaign the HSE have...
HSE Launch Manual Handling in Construction Podcast
January 5, 2023At the end of September the HSE launched a campaign, the Work Right Construction: Your Health. Your Future campaign, to combat serious aches, pains, and strains in construction, paying particu...
Free Rolling Tyres and Changes to HGV and PSV Tests
January 5, 2023The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have stated, coming into effect from April 2023, that if they find tyres marked FRT fitted to the front steering axles of vehicles at annual vehi...
HSE Inspection Initiative on Machinery Safety in Waste and Recycling
December 8, 2022The HSE have identified the waste and recycling industry as a ‘high risk sector’ due to high numbers of fatal and serious injuries. Indeed HSE statistics show that over the past five years...
Freight Container Hazards
December 8, 2022A report by the HSE relating to potentially hazardous atmospheres within storage containers arriving at ports and distribution centres across Britain demonstrated concerns that workers were en...
Metalworking Fluid and the Use of Compressed Airguns in Cleaning Machinery
December 8, 2022The HSE has highlighted the dangers of water-mix metalworking fluids (MWF) and the use of compressed air guns for cleaning machinery. MWFs are primarily used as a means of cooling machined par...
Battery Tool Vibration and Noise Levels
December 8, 2022A recent research report, published by the HSE, has compared vibration and noise levels of various battery-based tools with more traditionally powered equivalents. It has often been claimed th...
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