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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 – 10 Make sure you have the right people to help you

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 10 Make sure you have the right people to help you [caption id="attachment_3150" align="alignleft" width="212"] Get help and support[/caption] An organisation must have access to competent advice, it’s the law. If you do not currently have suitable knowledge then a suitable competent external advisors should be sort. Staff involved…
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Young Workers

Are you looking after your young workers?  With more and more apprentices in placements up and down the country, it is vital that young workers are looked after properly. As an employer you have the same responsibility for young workers (under 18 years old) health, safety and welfare as you do with workers over the…
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What is a Principal Designer?

What is a Principal Designer?
There is a lot of confusion surrounding exactly what a Principal Designer is. It is something that we hear quite often at Safety Advisors since the change was made from CDM Coordinator to Principal Designer. So, What is a Principal Designer? Do they design? What does a principal designer do? Hopefully this blog will set the…
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