Fatigue at work – how the right PPE can help
Clair Weston, marketing manager at UVEX (UK) examines why fatigue at work – whether physical, mental, or emotional – can be a killer.
Safety is black and white – so why is lone working such a grey area?
All employers have a Duty of Care to keep their staff properly trained and comfortable at work. But when it comes to lone working there’s still many grey areas, says LoneALERT sales & marketing manager, Mathew Colley.
Helping UK companies realise their export potential
At the recent Intersec 2017 Exhibition in Dubai BSIF organised the UK safety Pavilion within the show and helped 12 British companies to realise their export potential by taking part in the group.
Wellbeing from the feet up…
UK country manager, Martin Stevens, explains how Ejendals is adding value to its Footstop pressure mapping service in a bid to deliver wellbeing messages to customers’ employees.
The Health and Safety Event Preview 2017
Visitors to The Health & Safety Event can look forward to a wider array of seminars, features and exhibitors than ever before. The 2017 conference and exhibition, which runs from 21st to 23rd March at Birmingham NEC, aims to provide professionals from all over the UK with an unparalleled insight into the latest trends and developments affecting the health and safety sector.
How training can play its part in improving safety performance
Effective behavioural safety is not assured simply by drafting appropriate policies and procedures and expecting them to be followed by employees. According to Barry Wilkes, director of strategy at NEBOSH, to ensure that they have their desired effect on health and safety performance, it is critical that they are understood by employees and implemented effectively.
Rethinking safety with collaborative robots
A cobot or co-robot (from collaborative robot) is a robot intended to physically interact with humans in a shared workspace such as a warehouse. This is in contrast with other industrial robots, designed to operate autonomously or with limited guidance.
Looking beyond training
Too many employers think worker training alone is the answer to reducing health and safety incidents but, as RRC International’s Pat McLoughlin argues, it must go hand in hand with investigation of underlying causes at the company level.
Helping Great Britain Work Well
The HSM Campaigns Hub provides you with information on the latest health & safety initiatives and guidance on how you can get involved. This issue we examine the Health & Safety Executive’s Helping Great Britain Work Well campaign, which focuses on addressing health in the workplace.
When higher alarm levels may be safer
Many industries have to deal with toxic gases and keeping staff safe is a serious concern. Different gases are harmful at different levels, and the degree of harm is also determined by amount of time the individual was exposed. It seems obvious setting gas alarm levels as low as possible is the safest practice. However, contends Fiona Macrae, vertical market manager at Crowcon, there have been incidents when a history of spurious alarms has led to them being ignored or switched
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