Stay Safe When You’re Knocking Down!

Stay Safe When You’re Knocking Down! Demolition isn’t exactly the most risk-free of jobs out there – it goes without saying that health and safety measures need to be stepped…

Will worker shortages see a rise in health and safety incidents?

Will worker shortages see a rise in health and safety incidents? For years now the construction industry has been complaining about the lack of available skilled workers, blaming such shortages…

Back pain in the UK

Back pain in the UK If you listen to an office worker for more than five minutes, it is easy to believe that back pain is a curse of the…

When health and safety and public relations collide

When health and safety and public relations collide Picking up on yet another viral social media post, the Daily Telegraph carries another apparent example of elf n’ safety, detailing a…

Lessons from Tianjin

Lessons from Tianjin As the smoke clears from the Chinese city of Tianjin, a number of terrible mistakes have been revealed, errors that have led to the deaths of over…

Health and Safety is important for everyone

Health and Safety is important for everyone If you watched the BBC One drama ‘The `Interceptor’ recently, you will have heard Trevor Eve’s character, Roach, bawling at one of his…

How Many Fatalities Really Take Place in the Workplace?

How Many Fatalities Really Take Place in the Workplace? Health and safety myth-mongers love to downplay the importance of the many rules and restrictions we have in our workplaces. But…

Bunting, swords and mortarboards

Bunting, swords and mortarboards Where May seems to be the month where British people lose their inhibitions to go chasing cheese and hefting woolsacks, July seems to be the month…

Health and Safety lessons from Wimbledon

Health and Safety lessons from Wimbledon Forever associated with rain, Cliff Richard, strawberries and cream and British underachievement (up until last year anyway), the Wimbledon tennis championships seems an unlikely…

CSCS Cards – Forgeries on the increase

CSCS Cards – Forgeries on the increase We are told that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which means that forgeries indicate the esteem in which CSCS cards are…

Think Asbestos is Ancient History? Think Again!

Think Asbestos is Ancient History? Think Again! Recently, a London council found itself in court after it became apparent that they had been ignoring warnings about asbestos being in the…

It’s BBQ Season – So Keep Those Gas Bottles Safe!

It’s BBQ Season – So Keep Those Gas Bottles Safe! The sun’s out. Burgers are getting prepped. Beers are stocked, chilled and ready to go. What everyone is waiting for…