AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL – CONSULTATION LAUNCHED ON CHANGES TO DRIVING LICENCES
February 26, 2021The government has launched a consultation on two proposed changes to driver licencing requirements. The first of these proposed changes involves allowing drivers who passed their driving test...
10 YEAR TYRE BAN NOW IN FORCE
February 26, 2021We have previously reported on Government plans to improve road safety by making it illegal to fit tyres aged 10 years or older to the front wheels of lorries, buses and coaches and to any whe...
NEW YEAR NEW RULES NEW LOCKDOWNS
January 20, 2021With the coronavirus threat ongoing, in many ways 2021 is not getting off to the best of starts. Wherever you are in the UK there are lockdowns and restrictions currently in place, while the e...
Coronavirus – When to Report an Outbreak
January 20, 2021Official advice on what actions you need to take to protect yourself, your employees, your customers and others is continually being updated as the situation changes and local and national reg...
FALLS FROM HEIGHT THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF FATAL INJURY AT WORK
January 20, 2021The HSE recently released the final statistics for injury and ill health in the UK in the year to April 2020. Earlier we reported that provisional statistics showed a record low of 111 workers...
LATEST GB INJURY AND ILL HEALTH STATISTICS RELEASED
January 20, 2021The HSE has issued their latest annual statistics for levels of work related injury and ill health in the UK. These statistics cover the year April 2019 to March 2020 and are not thought to ha...
LONGER AND HEAVIER LORRIES TWO CONSULTATIONS LAUNCHED
January 20, 2021As part of plans to promote a more environmentally friendly haulage sector the government has recently announced the launch of consultations on changes to regulations affecting transport vehic...
MINIMISING MANUAL HANDLING RISKS
January 20, 2021With figures recently released by the HSE showing that handling, lifting or carrying accounted for 19% of all non-fatal injuries to employees in 2019/20 it is important that employers take ste...
WHICH INSPECTOR IS CALLING?
November 19, 2020The HSE are making a particular effort to carry out as many spot checks and inspections as possible during the Coronavirus pandemic with a particular focus on making sure that workplaces are C...
GAS DETECTOR SAFETY ALERT
November 19, 2020Sampling tubes are sometimes used to extend the reach of gas detection devices and/or to allow detection at an increased distance from the user. Following a recent incident where a gas detecto...
CHEMICALS AND NORTHERN IRELAND POST BREXIT
November 19, 2020The Northern Ireland Protocol was introduced as part of the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU, to avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland, whilst ensuring that the UK, inc...
TIGHTENING RESTRICTIONS ON MOBILE PHONE USE AT THE WHEEL
November 9, 2020Driving a vehicle is one of the most hazardous activities that many people carry out and it is important that drivers are able to concentrate on the task in hand. As such the use of hand-held ...
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