Insurance company RSA research findings has revealed that a quarter of workers have never participated in a full fire evacuation of their workplace.
One in 20 UK workers claimed their workplace had no marked fire exits and over 40% of people also said they would spend time retrieving personal belongings or work documents before vacating the building.
What are the main effects of the revisions to the CDM Regulations?
Although there have been a number of improvements to general health & safety within the construction industry before the revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) came in to force, construction is still a dangerous occupation. In 2005/6, almost one third of workers killed in workplace accidents in the UK were from this sector. An alarming 3677 construction workers were reported as suffering a major injury at work. Read More
As a Funeral Director I have to comply with a wide range of legislation, external environments often present planning and strategic difficulties. Where do I start?
You should have a plan in mind of how your safety system should operate, what training your employees need, who will carry out risk assessments and how these will be communicated to those affected. You should also have a system for monitoring safety arrangements, which should include corrective action when this is necessary. This organisation, together with the arrangements necessary for implementation should be stated in your Health, Safety and Environmental Policy – a legal requirement if you have more than five employees. Read More
HSE Guidelines on Safety Credentials
Ensuring that contractors have a basic understanding of health and safety prior to starting work is common practice. Frequently, contractors are subjected to clients’ ‘pre-qualification’ or ‘Stage l’ assessments when tendering for work and in recent years the development of various assessment schemes to confirm contractors’ basic safety credentials have become common place. Read More
My business operates in a high risk environment and I have to comply with everything from ‘DSEAR’ to food hygiene legislation. Where do I start?
The simple answer is you need to have a clear picture in your mind of how your safety management system is to be organised. This will be captured within the text of your Health, Safety and Environmental Policy, a key legislative requirement if you have more than five employees. This needs to be matched by a fully transparent approach to safety that is unequivocal and accessible not only to you, but also to your staff as well as public inspectors. Read More