Category Archives: Health and Safety

What is wrong with the British Safety Council and IOSH courses for safety

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 […]

Safety Roundtable: IT’s getting  better

My thoughts and follow-up response to the article, Safety Roundtable: IT’s getting better By Karl Spencer Link to the original article: https://www.healthandsafetyatwork.com/technology/software-roundtable At a meeting I attended recently, I felt as if I was in the minority. I thought that most of the people in the room failed to open up to solving the problem, i.e., poor […]

A Cautionary Tale about Health and Safety Compliance

  Why do accidents sometimes happen even after all health and safety procedures have been carried out? Based on a true story, this cautionary tale illustrates how an accident can still take place even if it appears that all Health and Safety-related obligations have been fulfilled. Don’t wait until this happens to you, we can […]

How much do you know about the new sentencing guidelines?

With new strict Sentencing Guidelines for Health and Safety infringements introduced in February 2016, with much higher fines and stricter penalties – there has never been a better time to look into reducing your risks. The British Safety Council have produced a quick 2-minute video where Pinsent Masons LLP Partner Kevin Bridges and Senior Associate […]