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Is what you don’t know putting lives at risk?
Is what you don’t know putting lives at risk? Have you ever wondered why many less-able people seem overly confident in their own abilities? Even when the evidence is overwhelmingly against their belief? A pair of American psychologists named Dunning and Kruger decided to look into the phenomenon with some surprising results. Not only did… Read the Full Post
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Fatality at the Paper Plant Lands Paper Firm with a £70,000 Fine
Safety at work breach lands Merley £70,000 fine A woman lost her life while working at a paper firm in Corby in March 2009. The employee, Desanka Todorovic, was aged 44 and working at the Merley Paper Converters at the time of the accident. He was stood waiting to collect some flat pack boxes when several… Read the Full Post
Head Injuries for Cheltenham Employee Failed by Employers
An employee working for a Cheltenham engineering firm was seriously injured after his head was trapped in a machine. The 33 year old, Gregorz Chylenski, was injured as he worked with the Computer Numerically Controlled machine. After dropping one of the parts he was using Mr Chylenski tried to pick it back up form inside… Read the Full Post
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Tagged health and safety, health and safety audit, Health and Safety Consultants, Health and Safety Consultants Birmingham, health and safety services, safety at work, safety cut off, safety function, working with machinery
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Workplace safety – the simplest solutions for new businesses
Setting up a new business venture can be terrifying – particularly in today’s uncertain economic climate. It may seem that one big obstacle to consider is all the health and safety rules you’ll have to adhere to, but there are some simple steps you can take when setting up a new project. New Premises Safety… Read the Full Post
Electric Shock Results in Huge Fine for Steel Company
Worker Electrocuted, Steel Firm Celsa Prosecuted An electrician was electrocuted while working for the Cardiff based steel firm Celsa Manufacturing Ltd. Henry Truszkowski aged 51 suffered serious burns as a result of the accident which took place in July 2008. The 33,000 volt was a result of the company failing to properly safeguard high voltage… Read the Full Post
Health and Safety Audit – what’s working? what’s not?
Take comfort in the knowledge that you know your health and safety procedures are 100% correct with a health and safety audit With all the complexities involved, can you be completely sure that your health and safety procedures are correct and efficient throughout your entire business? If not, then a health and safety audit might… Read the Full Post
Health and Safety Audits – manage safety objectively
To manage safety objectively, Line Managers need arrangements to enable them to monitor implementation of systems against the defined standards. Often, managers assume that because the written procedures are in place and staff are trained to use them compliance is automatic – this has been proven to be a dangerously erroneous assumption in many cases,… Read the Full Post