Here at Safety PAL, we are committed to providing you essential information and support for directors, managers and workers Here is the latest government advice received from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and updates from the construction industry. Construction sites The formal government position with regard to construction sites being open […]
Category Archives: Safeguarding employees
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) maintains an extensive library of essential guidance documents, leaflets and ACOP’s (Approved Code Of Practice) helping every business fulfill their health and safety requirements. And even though, there is this vast library of free information from the UK government agency responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace […]
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 […]
Compliance, Safeguarding employees, Safety culture
Is Workplace Alcohol & Drug Misuse getting better?
22
May
May
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 […]
Compliance, Health and Safety, Risk management, Safeguarding employees
The Importance of Managing Fatigue in the Workplace by Abby Hart
13
Sep
Sep
Nowadays, people often glorify overtime culture and not getting enough sleep — all in the name of hustling and hard work. Unfortunately, this has made stress part and parcel of work to the point that its serious repercussions are often overlooked, allowing a seemingly typical “tiring day” to stretch into fatigue. Fatigue is defined […]