How to avoid health and safety fines and offences
Health and Safety ‘policing’ has got more serious in the last few years.
New powers introduced in 2016 mean there is no upper limit to fines dished out for breaking health and safety regulations.
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Health and Safety ‘policing’ has got more serious in the last few years.
New powers introduced in 2016 mean there is no upper limit to fines dished out for breaking health and safety regulations.
The HSE says that organisations must include home workers in their risk assessments.
Notably, they say that health and safety considerations for home workers should be “balanced and proportionate”. That means that you should take it seriously, but you can be realistic about the level of risk.
To keep your staff, customers and visitors safe, it can be helpful to point out hazards in a clear and simple way.
In this free poster pack, we’re giving you the chance to download and print your own safety signs.
A man down (or “fall detection”) alarm can detect if a user has taken a serious fall and will trigger an alert.
Although fall detection devices are popular for personal and professional use, when we talk about man down alarms, we tend to mean systems used to protect people while they are working.
COSHH stands for the “Control of Substances Hazardous to Health”. COSHH laws tell employers how they should handle and manage dangerous substances, such as poisons, corrosive materials and flammable products.
What are the best lone worker apps in the UK? This article reviews the top five lone worker solutions and ranks them on their apps, wearable devices, alarm receiving centres, staff management and cost.
A health and safety policy is a document composed by an employer stating the company’s commitment to upholding the health and safety of employees and to the public.
A risk assessment is a process of identifying, measuring and evaluating risk for individuals, organisations, assets and the environment as a result of a particular activity, role or undertaking.
Hand washing plays a major role in keeping your team and your customers healthy. Frequent, correct hand washing can reduce the spread of germs and illnesses within your workplace.
We’ve provided this handy guide to health and safety. We’ll look at why health and safety is important, what the laws are, and what practical steps you need to take to keep your team safe.
Panic alarms can benefit any role in which someone works alone, with the public, or in a high-risk situation, who might need to call out for help
A health and social care worker is assaulted every 30 minutes in the UK. In fact, health and social care workers suffer some of the highest rates of workplace violence in the UK.
The HSE has released its latest data on deaths in Agriculture (the UK’s most dangerous sector) so we have put together a series of free posters to help make the information more accessible)
The Health and Safety Executive have released their latest annual report on workplace fatalities in the UK. Every year we create an infographic roundup of these statistics to help create a better understanding of these numbers and how they reflect the current safety climate.
In this article, we will be looking at advice from the government, the health and safety executive and other trusted sources to answer six big questions on how the next few months will look, and what businesses can do right now to prepare.
For lone workers, a dynamic risk assessment can be the difference between risking injury and working safely.
Learn about the key stats from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report on fatal injuries to UK workers 2018/2019 .
What does GDPR mean for lone workers and employers of lone working staff? How can you ensure your workers are safe and comply with GDPR legislation?
Interesting health and safety facts 2018, brought to you by Safepoint: the lone worker safety solution that helps protect lone working people on the job.
