Dealing with a Health and Safety incident or accident is something that nearly every business will need to manage just like any other business problem. The problem An incident or accident sends a shocking ripple through any business having a knock-on effect on other business sectors, their clients and even parts of their supply […]
Author Archives: Karl Spencer
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE); A contractor is basically anyone who is brought in to work at your premises that is not an employee. The ‘client’ is technically the employee who uses the contractor in their workplace. Both you the ‘client’ and the ‘contractor’ have responsibilities under health and safety law. […]
Did you realise that health and safety law applies to work activities, including Driving While At Work’? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it does, and more than a quarter of all road traffic incidents may involve somebody which is driving as part of their work at the time? – Statistic took […]
I was very grateful to be asked to attend a mock trial by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It was a great opportunity to see the court’s process, the questioning, and the sentencing from the comfort of the juror seats – without all the anxiety, stress and fear of being in the dock! But […]
We all are guilty of doing the easy bits first and putting off the hard more difficult things until tomorrow, next week or even further down our to-do pile. But when it comes to the health of your workers and the safety of your workplace, this level of procrastination can be very serious. Businesses always […]
Compliance, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
Is Workplace Alcohol & Drug Misuse getting better?
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Being invited to a round table discussion with the ‘Working Well Together‘ team and the HSE (Health and Safety Executive), one of the members asked for information on Alcohol and Drug testing in the workplace. The problem this individual manager had weren’t discussed, but I can only assume the company is suffering from lost productivity or […]
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What do you think is the most exposed business risk which threatens your capacity to trade, to succeed, and to meet your goals? It’s not austerity, it’s not even Brexit… it’s Safety. To counter this risk, Safety PAL have come together to hold a unique event supported by Newark & Sherwood District Council and Invest Newark […]
Safety PAL’s dedication to improving workplace health & safety and business protection is ever evolving One of the things we’re most proud of and makes Safety PAL unique in changing the status quo for safety; is the fact we are constantly thinking out of the box by developing tools, automating processes and streamlining business […]
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PPX Metal Management Ltd implemented Safety PAL 6 months ago after quick business growth and a failure to prove his workers had actually read and understood H&S information, which increased its business risk. Managing Director, Paul Pearce, explains the betterment achieved in his organisation in just a few months – from the attitude and behaviours […]
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IOSH and Safety PAL join creating an exclusive opportunity… Unfortunately there are still a large percentage of businesses and directors failing to deliver preventive and protective solutions in Occupational Safety Health (OSH) Specifically over 1100 companies were successfully prosecuted since the introduction of the 2016 Definitive Sentencing Guidelines. By joining with the IOSH Head of Advice and […]