HSE Launch Agricultural Safety Campaign
April 9, 2024The HSE has launched a new campaign, ‘Work Right Agriculture’, to encourage safe working with livestock and farm vehicles. The campaign follows recent statistics published by the HSE, which ...
First Ever No Falls Week Announced
April 9, 2024The No Falls Foundation has announced the first ever No Falls Week to take place from the 13th to the 17th of May. The No Falls Foundation is a charity dedicated to preventing falls from heigh...
Keep Cool And Healthy – Updated Legionella Guidance
April 9, 2024Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia. The bacteria that cause the disease are found naturally in environmental water sources such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs and...
Ladder Association Launch New Toolbox Talks
April 9, 2024Three toolbox talk documents have been produced by the Ladder Association and are available for free on their website. The documents each cover a specific topic related to ladder usage: How to...
New Guidance for Fire Services Reviewing the Design of High Rise Buildings
April 9, 2024The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has produced a paper outlining their opinions on the design of high-rise residential buildings with multiple escape routes and what fire and rescue serv...
New Responsible AI Guidance
April 9, 2024A guide to responsible artificial intelligence (AI) innovation has been developed and published by the Association of British Insurance (ABI). While this guide is focused on the insurance indu...
New Waste Industry Safety Guidance for Bin Lorries and Bio-Aerosols
April 9, 2024The Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum (WISH) has produced two new documents regarding issues in the waste industry. The first is a new guidance document highlighting safety in the opera...
New External Wall Fire Risk Guidance
April 9, 2024A joint document released by the Fire Industry Association, Institution of Fire Engineers, and Façade Special Interest Group provides guidance on proportionality and risk when carrying out fi...
HSE Update First Aid Guidance
April 9, 2024The HSE has updated two publications dealing with first aid at work. The revisions focus on expanding and simplifying the existing guidance and are not in response to any change in the law or ...
Government Publishes High Rise Evacuation Guidelines for Fire and Rescue Services
April 9, 2024New guidance designed to assist fire and rescue services in undertaking and supporting full and partial evacuations from high-rise residential buildings has been published by the Home Office. ...
FASET Issue Rooflight Safety Net Bulletin
April 8, 2024The Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training Association, FASET, and the Rooflight Association have created a joint safety bulletin to highlight the limitations and potential dangers of safety ne...
EHRC Launch Menopause in the Workplace Guidance
April 8, 2024A new set of guidelines published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is intended to help employers understand their legal obligations in regard to supporting employees with men...
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