June 30, 2010
For those of you who use a table saw, you will find this fascinating. You are going to enjoy this one and say ouch!! Watch all of it!
What an invention – lets hope to see it in a few years!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=E3mzhvMgrLE&NR=1
June 29, 2010
Maintenance is integral to running a safe and reliable operation; good planning and having the right skills and tools to do the job minimises the risk to workers and the public in any task from repairing a gas main to fixing a roof.
That’s the message behind a new European initiative launched in Britain this month.
It [...]
June 28, 2010
A factory in Ashton-under-Lyme has been fined £26,000 after one of its workers suffered major injuries when he became trapped in rotating machinery.
The employee was pulled into a metal-shaping machine when his overalls became entangled; he one finger on his right hand and badly injured another; he suffered a dozen broken ribs, a cracked breast [...]
June 24, 2010
Do you know what sickness absence is cost your business?
Poor health & well being of your staff costs.
the annual costs of sickness absence in the UK are estimated to be over £100 billion
the average cost of absence per employee is £692 per year
on average, there are 7.4 days lost per employee per year
These issues affect [...]
June 22, 2010
Too many people use health and safety as an excuse to hide behind, the Chair of the HSE has warned.
Judith Hackitt made the comments in a letter to Lord Young welcoming his review and offering to help gather evidence for his inquiry.
The PM has appointed Lord Young to lead a review of health and safety [...]
June 21, 2010
The South Yorkshire & Humberside Working Well TogetherGroup are running a series of Mock Trials during the autumn; the court will be sitting in the South Yorkshire & Humber Magistrates’ Mock Courts for:
HSE V DGY Scaffolding Ltd &
HSE V Phil Wood (Managing Director) DGY Scaffolding Ltd*
On
16th September 2010 at Pontefract
14th October 2010 at Sheffield
4th November [...]
June 14, 2010
The government is promising to check the “growth of compensation culture” by setting up a review of health and safety laws.
Lord Young, who served as a cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, will lead the Whitehall-wide study. Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said the UK is “saturated” in safety laws and said it was time [...]
June 7, 2010
Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is vibration transmitted from work processes into workers’ hands and arms. It can be caused by operating hand-held power tools, such as road breakers, and hand-guided equipment, such as powered lawnmowers, or by holding materials being processed by machines, such as pedestal grinders.
HAVS is serious and disabling, and nearly 2 million [...]
June 4, 2010
It deeply saddens me, that after 14 years serving as a committed safety practitioner, that I’ve had to write a risk assessment today for ……..serving hot drinks!!!!
This goes against all my principles but I had to help a Client out as (you’ve guessed it) it was an insurance requirement
Come on Insurers – this isn’t a [...]
June 4, 2010
The HSE has just launched new guidance on traffic management on construction sites.
It is estimated about 7 workers die each year as a result of accidents involving vehicles or mobile plant on construction sites; a further 93 are seriously injured. Accidents occur from ground works to finishing works and managers, workers, visitors to sites and members of [...]
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