Category Archives: Monitoring and inspection

Preventing Falls at Work: Supporting the HSE’s Fall Prevention Week

Preventing Falls at Work: Supporting the HSE’s Fall Prevention Week
Every year, falls from height continue to be one of the leading causes of serious injury and fatalities in the workplace. As part of the Health and Safety Executive’s Fall Prevention Week, businesses across the UK are being encouraged to review how they manage work at height and take practical steps to protect workers. At Safety…
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10 Steps to Health and Safety – 7 Monitoring

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 7 Monitoring [caption id="attachment_3147" align="alignleft" width="218"] Monitoring is a pro-active measure and helps prevent accidents[/caption] Monitoring activities allows an organisation to see if the controls put in place to protect staff, public, visitors etc., both in terms of health and safety, are suitable. Monitoring is a pro-active measure…
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10 Steps to Health and Safety – 8 Review

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 8 Review [caption id="attachment_3148" align="alignleft" width="212"] Reviewing performance is important[/caption] Periodically a review of the organisations health and safety measures should be undertaken to ensure they remain suitable for the organisation. We suggest some items that should be reviewed including:- Policy statements Statements of commitment should be reviewed…
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10 Steps to Health and Safety – 9 Involve staff and others

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 9 Involve staff and others [caption id="attachment_3149" align="alignleft" width="212"] Involving staff ensures everyone is involved in improving H&S[/caption] Involving staff in health and safety matters is both a legal requirement and a good idea for any organisation. Involving staff increases the ‘buy-in’ to overall health and safety implementation.…
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