Training will prevent injury and protection from prosecution. This short Safety PAL video (Click on the video below) hits the mark for helping understand legal obligations often missed and how to protect companies and individual directors from prosecutions and fines. What does health and safety regulations require me to do? Health and safety regulations require […]
Category Archives: Risk management
Health and Safety, New Developments, Risk management, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
New developments for 2021
23
Feb
Feb
New for 2021 – Modules that solve problems. Research, development and problem-solving are integral to bettering and supporting current and future clients. Businesses face many challenges and problems; the business owners are reminded of the issues daily but rarely shown effective and efficient solutions – High Five to those who relate to this. These problems […]
11
Feb
Feb
Were these negligent workers or was the company director at fault? It may shock you to read about the incompetence of these workers (Full Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Press release link below), to then find out that it wasn’t actually a negligent worker which was prosecuted, it was the company. It was the company […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Managing contractors, Risk management, Sentencing Guidelines
Risk Assessments Aren’t The Problem
05
Feb
Feb
Do you find it challenging to prove your workers have read, understood and following risk assessments? This Company was prosecuted in January 2021 for failing to risk assess and provide engineers with effective information, instruction and training. This Company – according to the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) left engineers to rely on techniques they […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, New Developments, Risk management
Is your health and safety a game of chance?
21
Jan
Jan
This SME News interview with our Founder Karl Spencer helps you understand the rules of the health and safety game and how to reduce the risk of chance Have you ever contemplated you or your company’s playing a game of chance with health and safety? You may not consider yourself a gambler, you feel you […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Risk management, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
Spend your health and safety budget wisely
18
Jan
Jan
Understanding what health and safety law requires is a priority for every organisation! Suppose the Company or Organisation’s responsible persons don’t fully understand what the Law requires from them, what an excellent robust standard looks like. In that case, they could be spending money on something that will not prevent harm or protect the organisation […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Managing contractors, Risk management, Sentencing Guidelines
How To Communicate Better And Influence More
12
Jan
Jan
Communication is vital and the only way you can influence good behaviours How can you ensure your workers are working safely and following your policies, risk assessments and operating procedures, if the workers haven’t seen them, read them to understand the safest way of working? How many times have you heard: “I didn’t know I […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Risk management, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
Only use Personal Protective Equipment as a last resort
04
Jan
Jan
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can actually cause injury… You should know that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is equipment that will protect the user against health or safety risks at work… but you need to know that PPE should be only be used as a last resort!!! The Health and Safety Executive’s accident investigation reveals […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Managing contractors, Risk management, Sentencing Guidelines
Safety PAL gives you a FREE SIMPLIFY
27
Oct
Oct
We all need a SIMPLIFY; it helps us all to communicate vital instructions better and avoid any misunderstandings, which, reduces risk and increases productivity Simplifying health and safety is something Safety PAL aims to do for every employer, director, manager and worker. Like these individuals, all have responsibilities when it comes to health and safety, […]
Compliance, Fines, Risk management, Safety culture
Not knowing your role and responsibility is dangerous.
04
Sep
Sep
Every business we own, work for and even contract for has a legal duty to put in place suitable arrangements to manage health and safety, and individual directors, managers and workers can be personally liable when these duties are breached – Members of the board have both collective and individual responsibilities in health and safety. […]