In line with this month’s World Day for Health and Safety at Work focus, our consultant Sam Nesbitt has some advice and general guidelines on accident reporting. Accident Reporting – Why? The information provided through recording and reporting enables the...
Want to know if the local takeaway, pub or restaurant you use has good standards of hygiene and food safety? Then go to http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk enter in the name of the establishment and part of the address and their last Local Authority inspection score,...
Fire risk assessments are required to be carried out by law to ensure that the risks associated with fire are minimised in non-domestic premises. This typically means workplaces, but can also include common areas of premises provided by a Landlord. As is...
Course delegates regularly comment that they did not know the extent to which asbestos has been used, where the material could be found, and in what type of product, and also duty holders did not know of specific duties to be undertaken in respect of managing the...
Two Bolton landlords have been fined after a four-month-old baby and both his parents were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning.They were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found four gas appliances at a property on...
It has been estimated that over two million ladders are in daily use in the UK. With falls from height still one of the main causes of death and injury in the workplace, it is crucial that the ladders and stepladders being used on such a regular basis are frequently...