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Are human errors avoidable?

Many accidents are attributed to human errors at work. It`s often said that humans are the weakest link in any work process; they are prone to accidents. In fact, when we do make mistakes – especially when there`s no obvious defence – we can often be heard to say “I`m human, not a machine!”. David Towlson of RRC Training discusses whether there’s any factual basis to this type of statement and whether we can improve human performance to reduce the likelihood of making errors

New venue and new ideas at Health & Safety North 2013

The Health & Safety series of regional events, organised by Western Business Exhibitions, is returning to Bolton, but this year will take place at a new venue the Bolton Arena, on the 9th and 10th of October. The change of venue comes as a result of the events’ growing success, allowing its expanded exhibition to be housed all on one floor.

A four stage hearing protection plan

Long-term and repeated exposure to harmful levels of noise can result in chronic health effects, known as Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). Providing employees with protection from noise hazards in the workplace is a legal requirement. Sarah Broadbent, from 3M, looks at a four-stage programme to help employers understand and implement an effective hearing conservation strategy, covering the identification of potential noise hazards and selection of appropriate hearing protection.

Don’t underestimate the value of first aid training

Given an impending change to first aid at work regulations, Joe Mulligan, the British Red Cross head of first aid education, argues that life-saving skills in the workplace are more important than ever.

Protecting your most vulnerable staff

Lone workers are commonly acknowledged to be one of the most vulnerable groups of employees. Whether exposed to danger in the form of abuse, from working with dangerous machinery or simply from working alone, it is the moral and legal obligation of an employer to protect their staff. Stefan Olsberg looks at some ways in which companies can protect their lone workers.

Managers and supervisors: The safety link

Managers and supervisors are the crucial link between trained operators and safe working environments. A company’s carefully prepared safety procedures are only as good as those who enforce them, so these individuals must be confident enough to stop risks from becoming realities, explains Peter Harvey, chief executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association.

Keeping health and safety on track

Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project. When the new railway is fully operational it will stretch over 100km from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through central London to Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east, increasing the capital’s rail-based transport capacity by 10%. Steve Hails, Crossrail’s health and safety director talks about the project’s unique health and safety challenges

The importance of industry recognised accredited training

There’s been a lot of commentary recently about the emergence of online training for evacuation chairs and its appropriateness of purpose. While debate is always welcome, there is one important element that should not be overlooked when looking at any training course, argues David Della-Savina of Evacusafe. Is it independently accredited?

Ergonomics in practice at A+A

With around 1,600 exhibitors, the A+A in Düsseldorf is an important specialist trade fair and congress for health and safety at work. From 5 – 8 November of this year, it will be the ideal place to receive hands-on information as well as to experience and become familiar with concepts and solutions for safe and “people-friendly” workplace design.

To fail to plan…

As the Health & Safety Executive’s Fee for Intervention begins to make its mark, there is growing awareness that minimising reactive maintenance through effective planned, preventative maintenance can drastically reduce accidents – as well as improving uptime and reducing asset maintenance costs says Karen Conneely.

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