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 […]
Category Archives: Sentencing Guidelines
Compliance, Health and Safety, Managing contractors, Risk management, Sentencing Guidelines
How To Communicate Better And Influence More
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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, Managing contractors, Risk management, Sentencing Guidelines
Safety PAL gives you a FREE SIMPLIFY
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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, […]
Risks exist in every business, and nobody pays much attention to them until things go wrong! Here are the last six September 2019 prosecutions, as detailed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Before watching the video, imagine the initial conversation the six individual company directors had when confronted by the Enforcing Officer. Then think… Are […]
I was very grateful to be asked to attend a mock trial by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It was a great opportunity to see the court’s process, the questioning, and the sentencing from the comfort of the juror seats – without all the anxiety, stress and fear of being in the dock! But […]
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May
May
What do you think is the most exposed business risk which threatens your capacity to trade, to succeed, and to meet your goals? It’s not austerity, it’s not even Brexit… it’s Safety. To counter this risk, Safety PAL have come together to hold a unique event supported by Newark & Sherwood District Council and Invest Newark […]
On a wintery January night, I attended the IOSH branch meeting at the Nottingham Forest Football Club. The speaker Richard Jones MSc CFIOSH, IOSH Head of Policy and Public Affairs was booked to talk about the ‘Benefits of Good OHS Management, Main Characteristics of ISO 45001 & Key Changes from OHSAS 18001’ I’ve been waiting […]
As a Director, did you know? The new common law change for manslaughter which came in to force November 1st 2018. The government like to let everyone know about the new GDPR legislation, but fail to widely promote health and safety sentencing changes This 3 hour event is designed specifically with directors in mind. Ones […]
New sentencing guidelines for manslaughter offences were published July this year and will come into force in courts on 1 November 2018. Safety PAL is a unique Health and Safety Management System built from a requirement to ensure companies do what they need to do rather than what they want to do. We always enjoy […]
May 2018 ended with me speaking at an AGM for the Drilling and Saw Association about the New Sentencing Guidelines. Standing at the back of the room waiting to be introduced to speak, the crowd looked a little weary and tired of fellow event speakers, so, as the final speaker, I needed to ensure the […]
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