Mental Health Training Course Added
Due to a number of requests and a rise in queries surrounding Mental Health over the last couple ofweeks, we are now pleased to confirm that we can offer Mental Health in the Workplace Training on a half day basis. This can take place within your own workplace setting to allow more managers to attend! With Mental Health now becoming a topic that we need to be more aware of since...
Cold weather working: Helping staff stay safe and warm
Employers are being reminded of their responsibilities to keep workers safe as cold weather continues to affect large parts of the country. Great Britain’s workplace regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, is stressing the importance of protecting workers during cold weather. It comes as the Met Office has issued a level three cold weather alert until Thursday 15 December for large areas of the UK. John Rowe, Head of Operational Strategy, said:...
Health & Safety Fines
An engineering company was fined after one of its employees suffered scalping injuries when her hair became entangled in a pillar drill. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard how on 10 September 2019, a P&D Engineering Limited employee suffered life changing injuries when her scalp and part of her ear were torn off after her ponytail became wrapped around a rotating drill. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the...
HSE Fines – Family Run Business Gets Fined After Member Of Public Crushed
A family-run plant hire company has been fined after a member of the public was crushed at its Cambridgeshire site. On 30 January 2020, a FDS (Cambridge) Ltd employee was moving and processing a stockpile of concrete and brick rubble using an excavator at the company’s site in Cambridgeshire. A member of the public then came onto the site in a vehicle and was removing building waste from their trailer when they...
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launches inspection initiative targeting manufacturing sector
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors have begun a targeted inspection initiative focusing on manufacturing businesses. The inspections, which started in October, will check whether employers and workers know the risks involved and ensure that businesses have control measures in place to protect workers health. Employers have a legal duty to put in place suitable arrangements to manage health and safety and ensure they comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous...
World Menopause Day & Training Course
World Menopause Day is held every year, to raise awareness, break the stigma and highlight the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. Menopause is not just a gender or age issue; it is an organisational issue. It can impact on colleagues both directly or indirectly. Awareness on this topic is fundamental and reducing the stigma attached to it is vital so that more people will talk openly about it so...
Mental Health At Work
Employers have a legal duty to protect workers from stress at work by doing a risk assessment and acting on it. What is stress? HSE defines stress as ‘'the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’'. The earlier a problem is tackled the less impact it will have. If you think that a worker is having problems, encourage them to talk to someone, whether it’s...
Health and Safety Executive launches campaign to combat serious aches, pains and strains in construction
Lifting and moving heavy objects on construction sites is harming the health of thousands of bricklayers and builders to such a degree every aspect of their lives is affected. Experts at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are warning construction workers are picking up injuries and conditions that can stop them working and leave them struggling to stand, walk, or sit down. HSE inspectors will be carrying out 1,000 inspections in October...
HSE refreshes guidance to support brick, tile and stone manufacturing firms in reducing the risk of work-place silicosis
Prolonged exposure to airborne particles of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can lead to life-changing respiratory conditions such as silicosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease warns Britain’s workplace regulator. As part of the Health and Safety Executive’s role as an enabling regulator it has recently refreshed its silica guidance for brick and tile manufacturing, stonework and foundries ahead of manufacturing sector focused inspections in autumn/winter. Starting in October, HSE inspectors will begin a targeted inspection...
Health & Safety – Employers must prepare for a warmer future
Employers need to act now to make sure their workplaces are ready for warmer weather in the future. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is advising businesses to think how they need to adapt to warmer working conditions for their staff. After last month’s record-breaking temperatures and with more hot weather expected this week, HSE is asking employers to ensure extreme heat becomes part of their long-term planning. Employers have a legal...