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...
New And Updated High Rise Building Safety Guidance
April 8, 2024The Building Safety Act 2022 has seen significant changes to the regulatory environment, in particular for high-rise residential buildings. This has seen the introduction of new roles such as ...
New Awareness Campaign Targets Residents Of High-Rise Buildings
April 8, 2024The Building Safety Regulator recently launched a new campaign to raise awareness among residents of high-rise buildings of the rights that they have under the Building Safety Act. For this Ac...
Lorry Loader Tilting Stabilisers Crush Risk Safety Notice
March 6, 2024The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety notice concerning the risk of people being crushed by powered tilting (also known as swing-up or rotating) stabilisers on lorry loader vehic...
Updated Guidance for the Inspection of Steel Chimneys
March 5, 2024The Association of Technical Lighting and Access Specialists, ATLAS, has published revised guidance regarding the inspection of industrial steel chimneys. This is designed to provide general g...
Non-Destructive Testing Safety Alert
March 5, 2024The term Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) covers a wide range of techniques used to assess materials, parts, and other items in a way that does not cause damage or alter their structural integrit...