Health and safety are fundamental in the engineering industry, and Sharpe MEICA Solutions, a proud subscriber to Safety PAL, is fully committed to upholding the highest standards. Specialising in designing and commissioning systems within the water sector, they offer an extensive range of services, from electrical installations to custom contracting. We caught up with Jacob […]
Category Archives: Document management
Compliance, Document management, Job management, Risk management, Safeguarding employees
The Cost of a Poor Accident Investigation – And How to Get It Right
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Feb
Feb
Accident investigations are a legal requirement, yet many businesses unknowingly fall short of meeting essential standards. During a recent Gap Analysis for a new client, we uncovered a critical flaw: their accident investigations failed to link incidents with the relevant risk assessments. This oversight, as outlined in HSG245 (page 3, paragraph 6), meant the company […]
Document management, Managing contractors, Risk management, Safety culture, Training
7 Essential Tips for Creating a Positive Safety Culture
12
Nov
Nov
Building a Safety Culture: Beyond the Google Search We’ve all been there: you type “safety culture” into a search engine and get bombarded with information. While learning is crucial (we’ll get to that!), wading through endless articles and concepts might not be the most efficient way to build a real, actionable safety strategy for your […]
Compliance, Document management, Mental Health, Risk management, Safeguarding employees, Safety Alerts, Wellbeing
Tiredness and Fatigue in the Workplace
30
Sep
Sep
How Fatigue Impacts Safety and How to Manage It Workplace fatigue is more than just feeling tired—it’s a significant decline in mental or physical performance that can lead to costly mistakes and serious accidents. In industries where safety is a top priority, such as manufacturing, rail, engineering and construction, tiredness and fatigue can have severe […]
There is now an updated version of this article regarding Safety Culture Be honest! Are you and your organisation robust enough to deal with an accident or visit from an inspector? In my career as a worker, manager, inspector and director, I wish I had a £1 for every time someone said to me, “my health and safety is […]
Digital Strategy We all waste time, have inefficiencies that we somehow manage and find it a struggle to stand tall amongst our competitors, furthermore, we could all benefit from managing resource more efficiently. Who needs to read this article? • Board Members who need to realise money can be made from linking business components […]
This article explains how not having proof could have been so much worse We have removed the worker and company names Pre-amble An award-winning Floor Screed and rendering company (contractor x) won their latest contract (awarded by the principal contractor), which needed 20+ workers on-site for 6 months. Setting the scene The principal […]
15
Feb
Feb
I was recently with the British Safety Council and we ended up on the topic of company policies. They had a feature in their magazine about drugs and alcohol at work and how it costs British business billions of pounds every year. How drugs and alcohol contribute to 26% of workplace accidents costing over £4bn […]