MANAGING VIBRATION. SHOULD I RELY ON MANUFACTURER’S DATA?
April 1, 2021The use of power tools can expose workers to vibration through the hands and arms. Frequent, regular and prolonged exposure to this can cause permanent ill health and conditions such as hand-a...
LONDON DIRECT VISION STANDARD AND HGV PERMIT NOW IN FORCE
April 1, 2021Previously 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 w...
LATEST HEALTH AND SAFETY FIGURES FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
April 1, 2021The 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...
FREE HSE RISK MANAGEMENT WEBINAR
April 1, 2021Managing 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 work...
FIRE SAFETY CONSULTATION OUTCOME PUBLISHED
April 1, 2021Between July to October 2020 the government ran a consultation looking at proposals to strengthen the Fire Safety Order, implement Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations and strengthen the reg...
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): SAFER PRACTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL HAULIERS FROM 6TH APRIL 2021
March 31, 2021The 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 ...
A GUIDE TO RETURNING TO WORK SAFELY AFTER LOCKDOWN
March 22, 2021The 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 need...
COVID-19 AND UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIMS
March 22, 2021The 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...
PIB LAUNCH RISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR HOLIDAY PARKS
March 2, 2021As the holiday park sector looks forward to reopening from the 27th March in Wales, 12th April in England, 26th April for Scotland (no dates set yet for Northern Ireland – all dates are curren...
SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER DEATHS ON THE ROADS
February 26, 2021The 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...
MACHINERY SAFETY: INTRODUCING THE UKCA AND UKNI MARKS
February 26, 2021With the end of the transition period and the UK’s formal exit from the EU there have been some changes to the rules and procedures that affect certain activities and industries, in particul...
IMPROVING VISIBILITY FOR PLANT OPERATORS
February 26, 2021The HSE report that “there are 25 fatal injuries each year on average, and hundreds of non-fatal injuries to workers [in Great Britain] as a result of being struck by moving vehicles in the ...
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