Health and Safety in 2014 – The Year in Review

Health and Safety in 2014 – The Year in Review As is customary in December, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual round up of health and…

How much do health and safety failures really cost you?

Last year, the HSE enforced 10,119 notices in England and Wales. The average penalty charged? £15,153. And the total cost of injuries and ill health across the UK – an…

Tis the Season for ‘elf and Safety

Tis the Season for ‘elf and Safety The fairy lights are twinkling, and you’ve started your annual month-long mince pie marathon. You’ve dusted down your obligatory ugly Christmas jumper and…

Go Wireless – and Give Workplace Safety that Extra Boost

Go Wireless – and Give Workplace Safety that Extra Boost How many times have you had to shout across a noisy room, found yourself tripping over cords and cables for…

Establishing a business case for health and safety provisions

A Health and Safety Business case. Small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of Britain (and Europe’s) economy. According to a recent report by the European Agency for Safety…

Seeing Health And Safety From The Jury’s Perspective

Seeing Health And Safety From The Jury’s Perspective Most businesses do not set out to deliberately circumvent health and safety legislation, or to put their employees’ lives at risk. More…

Jobsworths and the Media – You Can’t Fight Common Sense!

We’ve all heard the stories. Jobsworths using health and safety as an excuse to make daft decisions for their own reasons, because they’re scared of getting sued, they’ve just got…

The 9 Most Dangerous Common Building Materials (Part 1)

Avoid these Dangerous Building Materials Like it or not, in construction we’ve got to deal with hazardous materials daily. Every building in the world has them buried somewhere within! A…

Health and Safety Outrage Strikes Again

Health and Safety media driven news Two ‘Elf n Safety’ issues have hit the headlines again this week, sparking public outrage. Both stories have implications and lessons for other businesses…

Time To Think Health not Just Safety – For the Construction Sector

Construction Sector – Think Health as much as Safety As we talked about last month, the HSE found one in six UK construction sites unsafe in their surprise spot checks a…

PUBLIC SAFETY – Keep Passersby Safe and Yourself out of Prison

Public Safety So your workers are safe.  Great.  But is everyone else too? As a bit of an extreme example, an Essex developer was just sent to prison for 30…

Health and Safety breaches: Where do employers stand legally?

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, or to give it its (ever so slightly) more catchy name, ‘The Enterprise Act’, has recently been introduced.  This Act has significantly changed…