SAFE DRIVING FOR LIFE
August 5, 2021The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have launched a new Safe Driving For Life website aimed at supporting learner drivers. The website offers resources for car, motorbike, goods veh...
PROVIDING PREMISES INFORMATION BOXES FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
August 4, 2021The Phase 1 report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry made a number of recommendations including the provision of information for fire services and premises information boxes for all high rise resi...
NEW LADDER SAFETY GUIDANCE LAUNCHED
August 4, 2021Together with the HSE, the Ladder Association have launched a new guide to the safe use of ladders and stepladders. “LA455 Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders – a brief guide” builds on ...
NEW GUIDANCE FOR MANAGING HORTICULTURAL HAZARDS
August 3, 2021Statistics recently released by the HSE show the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector to be particularly hazardous with a rate almost of 11.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers employed. This ...
GOODS VEHICLE OPERATORS LICENCES NOW REQUIRED FOR SMALL VANS
August 3, 2021The current UK goods vehicle operator licensing regime covers vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes, e.g. lorries and larger public service vehicles (PSVs), such as buses. As part of the U...
CHANGING FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS
August 3, 2021The key piece of legislation covering fire safety regulation in most non-domestic premises (e.g. workplaces) in England and Wales is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. A number of...
BUILDING SAFETY BILL PUBLISHED
August 3, 2021The Building Safety Bill which was first announced last year has now been launched and begun its journey through parliament. This builds on Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of Building Regulatio...
ANNUAL FATAL INJURY STATISTICS RELEASED
August 3, 2021The HSE have recently released provisional fatal injury statistics for the year to March 2021. While these figures are for injuries rather than diseases (including Covid-19) they will have bee...
ALWAYS ASK FOR THE ASBESTOS REGISTER
August 3, 2021Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that takes many years to develop following the inhalation of asbestos fibres, but progress is usually rapidly fatal following symptom onset. Figures recently r...
Changes to Right to Work Checks
August 2, 2021As a result of the pandemic, last year the government made it possible for organisations to conduct right to work changes virtually on a temporary basis. This is now due to end on 31 August 20...
AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL – CHANGES TO DIVING LICENCES TO GO AHEAD
July 28, 2021Earlier in the year we reported on a consultation launched by the Government on two proposed changes to driver licencing requirements. The first of the proposed changes involved allowing drive...
Returning to the workplace – COVID-19
July 15, 2021PIB Risk Management guides you through the importance of a clear risk management process, and offers tailored advice to organisations as they return to work following the pandemic. Risk Manage...
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