Do you need Evacuation Chairs?
Do you need Evacuation Chairs? The thing with evacuation chairs is that if you have them then they must be maintained, and a sufficient number of people must be trained in their use. But do you need them? If you have any mobility impaired personnel who could not get...
Do you need to induct everyone into your business?
Do you need to induct everyone into your business, even if they are only working on a project? Yes, absolutely! Although it needn’t be some sort of day long boring event. You need to make them aware of any hazards that may be present, your safety rules and emergency...
Have you made a member of your staff ill?
Occasionally my customers tell me that members of staff have allege that they have an illness connected with their work. This is a bit of a minefield but note that the key point is that any illness cause must have a clear link to the workplace and you must see...
Really Fantastically Wonderful Easy Peasy Simple Safety Stuff – No.5 (Counselling!!)
Hello Safety Sleuths or whoever is reading this blog what I wrote! This is the fifth of my ten top tips to help you beat the H&S anoraks! Ensure you have sufficient competent H&S advice from an employee, an external consultant or a mixture of both. It doesn’t...
Sun Cream – I wish!!!
Oh how I wish we needed this at the moment, but the time will come (I hope)! We are often asked by our customers with out-of-doors workers regarding the supply of sun cream, do they need to provide it for their workers. After some research I can confirm that you...
Manual Handling Training – Why oh why????
I think most people inwardly groan at the mention of Manual Handling Training; and I don’t really blame them. I’ve come across many people who have endured years of annual training which goes on for hours and is totally irrelevant to the type of lifting they do. The...
Health & Safety AND Insurance!
When we go to visit a new customer we often ask them whether their Insurers have added any safety related conditions to their policies; this question is often met with a little bit of a groan! Like most businesses the majority of our customer haven’t sat and read the...
Really Fantastically Easy Peasy Safety Stuff – No.4 (Training, but not of the long and boring variety)
Hello Safety Gods or whoever is reading this blog what I wrote! This is the fourth of my ten top tips to help you become even more of a safety god! Provide the appropriate H&S Training for your staff; this should be based on the findings of your risk assessment....
Lists, lists and more lists
On Thursday I went into the office with a list of 34 tasks; obviously a completely achievable to do list! I cleared four tasks during the day so faced Friday with ONLY 32 plus the 13 listed for Friday, yes, I have a list for every day, giving me a grand total of 45...
Health & Safety is useful! Oh yes it is
This week I’ve been juggling running the business (and my family) with working behind the scenes as our local drama group prepares for the annual panto. Whilst dashing round behind stage wondering what is going on, a feeling shared by most of the cast, I’ve often...
In The Blink Of An Eye
There I was minding my own business when along came some LinkedIn notifications to whish me Congratulations on an Anniversary. What Anniversary I pondered as I sat mesmerized in the office trying to remember what I did there before I had my lovely Christmas break. It...
Really Easy Peasy Safety Stuff – No.3 (Stick some stuff on the wall!)
Hello Safety Minions or whoever is reading this blog what I wrote! As promised here is the third of my ten top tips to help you dispel your H&S headaches, marvellous! You must display a current certificate of Employers’ Liability Insurance and a copy of the Health...