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Articles and updates from the Safety Advisors team.

23 September 2019

Fire Door Safety Week 2019

2019 Fire Door Safety Week Campaign Safety Advisors will be again pledging its support as Fire Door Safety Week Campaign enters into its 7thyear. The Home Office national statistics for England recorded for year endin…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety success

10 Steps to Health and Safety success Health and Safety has come a long way since the days of the industrial revolution when profit was put before people and as a result families suffered loss of loved ones due to un-…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 2 Legal compliance

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 2 Legal compliance There is lots of health and safety legislation, with wide ranging impacts for organisations. The main piece of legislation is the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 3 Identify and manage risks

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 3 Identify and manage risks What hazards do you face? Hazards are the things that can cause harm such as contact with chemicals, falls from height, noise etc. Identify who could be harm…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 4 Who does what and when?

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 4 Who does what and when? Who does what and when? Once an organisation has determined its main risks it must ensure staff have been allocated to properly manage those risks. Establishin…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 5 Planning and implement

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 5 Planning and implement Once you have gained senior management commitment and identified your risks you must consider what you are going to do to protect the people who could be affect…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 6 Training

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 6 Training Organisations have a legal duty to provide training to staff in order to undertake their jobs safely. Traditionally training is seen as specified training courses but could i…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 7 Monitoring

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 7 Monitoring Monitoring activities allows an organisation to see if the controls put in place to protect staff, public, visitors etc., both in terms of health and safety, are suitable.…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 8 Review

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 8 Review Periodically a review of the organisations health and safety measures should be undertaken to ensure they remain suitable for the organisation. We suggest some items that shoul…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 9 Involve staff and others

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 9 Involve staff and others Involving staff in health and safety matters is both a legal requirement and a good idea for any organisation. Involving staff increases the ‘buy-in’ to o…

24 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 10 Make sure you have the right people to help you

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 10 Make sure you have the right people to help you An organisation must have access to competent advice, it’s the law. If you do not currently have suitable knowledge then a suitable…

22 July 2019

10 Steps to Health and Safety – 1 Management support and commitment

10 Steps to Health and Safety - 1 Management support and commitment Policy statement A health and safety policy statement is a basic commitment to health and safety and should be displayed at places of work. It should…

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