Health, Safety & Quality Consultancy
Health & safety accreditation schemes are third-party or independent validations that an organisation meets particular standards of health and safety management, risk control, competence, process documentation, etc.
They are important because they:
However, these schemes are lengthy in process, complicated and require many man hours of work.
New research reveals that nearly half of tradespeople view asbestos as a problem of the past.
It is 25 years since asbestos was banned in the UK, but it is not a problem of the past. Asbestos may still be present in buildings built, or refurbished, before 2000.
Follow the guidance on Asbestos and keep yourself and employees safe.
According to a recent survey, commissioned by an independent training provider, over a quarter of respondents (26%) also stated that they have not followed the correct removal procedures when they have encountered asbestos.
Reasons people are putting their lives at risk could include:
5,000 people a year die from past exposure to asbestos. It can take 20 to 30 years for symptoms to develop and, although there is no safe exposure to fibres, repeated exposures significantly increase your risk of getting ill. Some asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma, are almost always fatal. (more…)
One of the most widespread causes of fatalities and serious injury – working at height is something experienced tradespeople may take for granted but it requires education.
It’s everyone’s responsibility to make sure adequate planning is in place before the work begins. From making sure the right equipment is used to assessing and minimising dangers.
The simple things can often be overlooked and it’s often the simple things that cause accidents. For instance – be sure not to overreach and not to use equipment that isn’t suitable for the job. You may know this but do ALL your workers realise the potential hazards?
Many people take a light hearted approach to risk assessment but it’s no joke when either you become injured or you injure someone else because of not following guidelines.
Stay safe and contact us about how we can help keep you safe working at heights.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for the number of work-related fatalities in 2019/20, as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in 2018.
The provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents revealed that 111 workers were fatally injured at work between April 2019 and March 2020 (a rate of 0.34 deaths per 100,000 workers), the lowest year on record.
This represents a fall of 38 deaths from the previous year, though it is likely that this fall was accentuated by the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the economy in the final two months of the year.
In line with previous years’ fatal injury statistics, these figures do not include deaths from occupational disease. Covid-19 infection is therefore not part of these figures and will not feature in fatal injury statistics in subsequent years.
While there has been a long-term reduction in the number of annual fatalities (the number has almost halved in the last 20 years), aside from the current fall, the number has remained broadly level in recent years. (more…)