In his Keynote Speech at the Health & Safety North Conference and Exhibition held in Bolton earlier this month, HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers charted a list of reviews and critiques that health and safety has been subject to since the present government has come into power.
With the clocks going back at the weekend, in the first of HSM’s Guest Blogs, Simon Elstow head of training, at IAM Drive & Survive offers some tips on driving in the dark.
Roger Bibbings, occupational safety adviser at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) examines how spreading safety culture beyond the workplace can have a positive effect on public health.
At the end of October, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released the 2012/2013 annual statistics for the UK, which showed an 11% drop in major injuries in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is changing their approach when assessing the robustness of company safety procedures. It will now take into account the high percentage of incidents that are caused not by a poor procedure being in place, but rather a robust procedure not being adhered to by the personnel involved. This will become a test of competency rather than a test of systems.
Road safety charity the IAM offers regular motoring tips from one of Britain’s top advanced drivers, Peter Rodger. This week he is advising motorists on how to drive safely through fog.
Sometimes, it seems like there’s an awareness date for everything from Bacon Connoisseurs Week to National Talk like a Pirate Day (It’s in September in case you were wondering). But among the balderdash are some initiatives which can be useful for raising awareness of key health and safety issues in the workplace, or for adding impetus to existing campaigns. As we publish the HSM Year Planner this month it’s an appropriate time to flag up some dates for the diary for 2014.
Health & Safety Matters will be supporting EU-OSHA’s next Healthy Workplaces Campaign ‘Managing stress and psychosocial risks at work’, which starts in April 2014, by featuring useful campaign materials in our magazine, on our website and in our email newsletter.
Roger Bibbings, occupational health adviser at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), examines the impact so far of new corporate manslaughter legislation.
Despite their long association, health has always been something of a poor relation to safety. In part this is because health issues are notoriously hard to measure and therefore manage.
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