It is important to complete thorough risk assessments to keep your employees, customers and the general public safe from harm. Risk assessments are an important way to manage your health and safety, preventing ill health and accidents that could result in injuries or fatalities. They are also a
What is a Dynamic Risk Assessment?
A dynamic risk assessment is the ongoing process of continually assessing and reassessing the risks within a changing workplace, enabling you to identify and eliminate hazards as they present themselves. Dynamic risk assessments allow you to react to an ever-changing working environment,
Coronavirus and Reopening for Business in a Post-Lockdown Era
Since the UK government implemented a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020, many businesses were forced to close their doors. Those able to remain open have been forced to work in a very different manner compared to just a few months ago. We are now living in a very different world and will be
The Cost of Compliance in the UK
Why is health and safety so costly? The true cost Many companies think that by managing H&S in-house themselves, that it doesn’t cost anything! Therefore, they think that they cannot justify the cost of H&S software to help them, however, we’ve been exploring the cost of a
Home Working Health and Safety Risks
On Monday (16 April 2020), the Prime Minister told us that those who can work from home, should. If you're a business owner in a fortunate enough position to be able to send your workforce home, then this short and simple guide is for you. You need to bear in mind that even if your staff are
Why SaaS is the only sustainable option for health and safety management
One staff member = one tree wasted, per year! The average office worker in the UK uses up to 45 pieces of paper a day, with approximately two-thirds of that paper being considered as waste (research completed by Kyocera). If that statistic doesn’t shock you enough, if that office person
Coronavirus – managing the risk within your business
Risk assessing for coronavirus Since the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) at the end of 2019, the newly discovered virus has now spread to more than 60 countries and infected tens of thousands of people, mainly in China but with a high number of cases in Iran, South Korea and Italy (at time of
Farm employee fatally crushed by concrete beam
What happened In recent court proceedings, a farming company has been fined after an employee was crushed by a concrete beam. On 13th March 2018, the man was moving 6-metre long beams, each weighing 300kg, from the farmyard to the farmhouse. Whilst on a trailer unloading the beams, the employee
Construction company fined after self-employed joiner suffers eye injury
What happened A construction company has been found liable for the serious eye injuries sustained by a self-employed worker who was struck in the face when stepping onto a scaffolding platform. Injury On 2nd November 2017, the worker was installing cladding to a new build home on Southwell