Risk Assessments Can you really be sure your business is managing H&S as the law requires? Section 3 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states: 3.1 Every Employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of – (a) the risks to the health and safety of his employees to […]
Author Archives: Karl Spencer
A normal day on a construction site, sun shining and busy workers. All workers collectively (to save time) received their normal morning work and safety briefing; they then proceeded on to their daily tasks. Just before lunch, one worker, let’s call him Dave, lent an extendable ladder up against a high-level conveyor belt in order […]
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Jan
Please join Safety PAL at the award-winning exhibition focused on safety and innovation. Safety PAL supports SAFESTART in it’s deliverly of a clear and coherent safety message across the entire railway industry by providing a focused platform for the industry to get together and begin the year with safety at the forefront to undertaking work […]
Do you fully understand what are your health and safety responsibilities are? In 1974 the Health and Safety at Work Act was introduced… “a bold and far-reaching piece of legislation” 43 years later, 2017… 137 workers died, and the annual cost of UK work-related injuries and ill health is £14.9 billion!!! We can all agree that […]
We are all rushing to get all the important jobs completed before the long Christmas holiday, we will use many different contractors to supplement and to complete these tasks, but are you sure of the health and safety regulations when a contractor is working on your site? We spoke with 22 directors and managers across […]
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Dec
Dec
Duration: 21 minutes
Best practices for protecting visitors, delivery drivers when on your site A common factor in delivery accidents is “who is responsible for what” in terms of safety. In most work situations the safety of an employee is primarily the responsibility of his or her employer, but in order to deliver or collect goods, employees have […]
Register for Directors guide to Health & Safety As a company director; at what point did you obtain an in-depth understanding of your H&S requirements, moral obligations and legal duties imposed on you? Most responses will be “I didn’t.” Directors who have been unfortunate enough to deal with an accident and fine will respond […]
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Sep
Locate Safety PAL on Stand B35. You will also be able to listen to our Founder Karl Spencer speaking on multiple sessions at the event. DAY 1 TIMETABLE AND SESSION SYNOPSIS – TUESDAY 10TH OCTOBER DAY 2 TIMETABLE AND SESSION SYNOPSIS – WEDNESDAY 11TH OCTOBER DAY 3 TIMETABLE AND SESSION SYNOPSIS – THURSDAY 12TH OCTOBER 9 […]
A nice tool; your employee signs into an IOSH course, they watch the video and answer a series of multiple-choice questions, then if they achieve the pass rate, great, they’re now safer. Can we take a minute to look at what the IOSH course fails to achieve? How is this certificate to be validated by supervisors before […]