As part of September’s Hazard of the Month, Fire, we’re highlighting two key areas: Electrical Safety and Fire Safety. Electrical Safety Electricity poses a significant risk, with the potential to cause severe injury, fatalities, and extensive property damage. Even non-fatal electrical shocks can result in serious, lasting injuries. Therefore, it is crucial to implement effective safety […]
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Safety Spotlight – Fire Safety & Fire Wardens
As part of November’s Hazard of the Month, Fire, we’re highlighting two key areas: Fire Safety and Fire Wardens. Fire Safety Work involving flammable substances like gases, vapours, mists, or combustible dusts can lead to fires or explosions if mixed with air and ignited. These incidents can cause severe damage to lives, property, the environment, and […]
The Importance of Maintenance in the Workplace
Maintenance is a common word in the workplace, but can mean a variety of different things, especially in relation to Health & Safety. Typically, it is thought of as keeping an organisation’s operational plant, fixed or mobile, in working order through proactive or reactive means. This involves the servicing of those systems, usually via regular […]
Fire Toolbox Talk
This blog can be delivered to your staff as a Toolbox Talk. If you require a specific Toolbox Talk for your workplace, please feel free to get in touch. Reason: Fire kills on average 260 people in Britain every year and injures thousands more. Knowing how to prevent a fire can save lives. Outline: This talk […]
Safety Spotlight – Fire Safety, Fire Wardens and Slips, Trips & Falls
For the month of September, we are putting in the spotlight three key areas relating to our Hazard of the Month, Fire. These key areas are Fire Safety, Fire Wardens and Slips, Trips & Falls. Fire Safety Everyone, whether they’re an employer or employee, should have an understanding of fire safety behaviours and procedures. The majority […]
Fire Safety – The Essentials
When it comes to workplace hazards, fire is one of the most universal. Whether you work in an office, factory, warehouse or even outdoors, a proper fire risk assessment is absolutely essential. Most fires are preventable, and this blog will focus on the steps you can take to protect yourself and your employees from this […]