Health and Safety made simple As business begins to get back up and running, Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 have arranged this Health and Safety made simple event. Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 are committed to keeping business connected, informed and prepared, this compelling event will support their goal of connecting and informing businesses on the most […]
Category Archives: Risk management
Health and Safety, Protection, Risk management, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
Are you a fish? (Safety Culture)
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According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) “The safety culture of an organisation is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behaviour that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organisation’s health and safety management Every morning rain or shine, I go over to […]
Did you know you have a legal requirement to wear a Face Covering in many different places and more places are being included 8th August 2020? You will more than likely know what a Face Covering is, but do you know the Legislation which exists for The Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place? […]
Can you prove you have everything in place to show an Inspector how you keep your workers, and anyone who may be affected by your work, healthy and safe? The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) health and safety inspector makes thousands of visits each year covering a wide range of industries and sectors. The inspector will […]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – the UK government agency responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare in Great Britain, has just released the annual work-related fatality figures for 2019/20. One hundred eleven (111) workers were fatally injured while at work between April 2019 and March 2020; […]
Health Surveillance – Delivery and proof Maximising on the interaction with your employees ensuring they are working safely and staying healthy is essential in reopening your businesses and bringing furloughed workers back to a fully operational enterprise. We recently expanded our suite of health and safety tools to include a unique Wellbeing Monitor; we have […]
Time is ticking, and we all want to return to some form of normality, but as business owners, we need delivery and proof, as Inspectors are out and about. You and your organisation may have already resumed operations by creating dedicated COVID-19 Company Policy and associated COVID-19 Risk Assessments, including many control measures. But […]
Over the last 13 weeks, I have seen workers adapt to a new way of working, but I have also seen managers and workers ignore established safety policies and procedures. When questioned, their excuse was because of protecting workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New measures are important. Social distancing is essential and has […]
The government will keep us all updated on COVID-19 restrictions and relaxations over the next few days and weeks. So you and your company may be looking at plans on how to facilitate a return to work operations. We all want to return to some form of normality, but as business owners, we cannot ignore […]
Do you fully understand the risk of home-working and do you have in place suitable control measures to ensure home workers are safe as the law requires? It is becoming more and more popular these days for staff to work from home, and especially during this coronavirus outbreak. Governments are asking workers to work from home, but […]