We know for many businesses that they have no interest in health & safety because they find it just too complicated; that's why they look for the tick in the box. However to ensure the tick in the box keeps your business and employees safe then you need someone to take the …
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Do forklift truck drivers need to be formally trained?
Whilst recently on a site in the North West, to undertake a DSEAR assessment, we observed a number of forklift truck operators moving around large containers of flammable liquids. As part of our survey we asked about the competency of the drivers and was surprised that only one had received …
[0 comments] Read and discussMost health and safety consultants know legislation– but can they implement positive changes?
Over the last few years health and safety consultants have been put under the spotlight as concerns had been raised that the industry was not regulated sufficiently. In truth we were all concerned that just about anybody could set themselves up as a consultant; qualified or not. We know that today …
[0 comments] Read and discussSafe Contractor – how it impacts on your business
Is your business supplying contractor services to clients or employing contractors? If the answer is “yes” to either then you will probably have come across the Safe Contractor scheme; but do you know what it means? In the past it was just a badge that contractors applied for and paid their …
[0 comments] Read and discussBig business sees HSE Fee for Intervention as money making scheme
At a recent meeting with a long term client, the discussion moved to the proposed HSE Fee for Intervention scheme due to start this coming April. Our client installs signs across the U.K. and works for many blue chip companies, and it was one of these that had recently supplied …
[0 comments] Read and discussHSE issues new guidance on DSEAR
Is DSEAR an issue that your business needs to comply with? If you’re not sure then why not take a look at the HSE simple guidance: http://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/about.htm#?eban=rss- . Because DSEAR covers such a wide range of explosion risks then it is an area that many businesses overlook and from experience only …
[0 comments] Read and discussIs your business PUWER safe?
Looking through the HSE prosecution news, it strikes us how many prosecutions are successfully taken by the HSE for failures to provide safe work equipment and systems of work. Only this last 2-3 weeks has seen: An international manufacturer in court after a worker lost 3 fingers in a machine due …
[0 comments] Read and discussThornton’s fined for poor health and safety standards
The high street chocolate chain, Thornton’s, was fined £20,000 + £7,600 costs following an incident where a worker broke her finger while operating a wrapping machine. The lady had been working at the company’s Somercotes plant on a foil wrapping machine, where chocolates were wrapped in foil and dispensed down …
[0 comments] Read and discussWhy are long term Health & Safety fixes more cost effective?
We find that today’s cost conscious business environment leads too many businesses to a short term focus when it comes to health & safety fixes. Take the example on the HSE website this month where a man has lost part of 3 fingers in a machine and his company was fined …
[0 comments] Read and discussDSEAR assessment – do they need to cost the earth?
We have spent the past 4 years building up a reputation for providing a highly professional competent DSEAR assessment service for clients across the U.K. In this time, we have undertaken more than 35 DSEAR assessments for a wide variety of clients (15 in the last 12 months). DSEAR assessments require …
[0 comments] Read and discussWhat does it take to achieve a NEBOSH distinction?
The results are in for the MESH October Health and Safety training group. We are thrilled that all 6 of our students received a Distinction pass. So how did we help our students to achieve this? All of our students agreed they had exceeded their initial expectations. All had started the …
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