High level advice
Currently, falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury within the workplace due to ineffective health and safety provisions and lack of training.
Currently, falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury within the workplace due to ineffective health and safety provisions and lack of training.
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.
At this year’s Health and Safety Event Arco will be displaying its pioneering range of Gore-Tex hazard and weatherwear.
As part of its commitment to keeping people safe in the workplace, Arco has created an Expert Guide on communication solutions. The guide specifically covers the selection of hearing protection with integrated communication capabilities which enables workers in high noise environments to communicate efficiently and safely.
Making the legal requirements for health and safety management interesting and engaging is key to raising awareness of its importance in the workplace. Research conducted by the HSE showed that the 1999 versions of the Health and Safety Law poster and leaflet were visually unappealing and rarely read.
With the ink still drying on the pages of the Report on the Triennial Review of the HSE, it was unsurprisingly a hot topic at the Arco sponsored Health and Safety 2014: Improving Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare forum which took place in London at the end of January.
Arco received the Best Distributor Award at this year’s Professional Clothing Awards in recognition of its successful partnership with GORE-TEX Fabric in the launch of its new GORE-TEX Heat & Flame Garments with GORE PYRAD Fabric Technology.
This year’s Safety and Health Expo marks the launch of the ArcoPro Flame Retardant Clothing range – heat and flame protection for the industrial sector which meets the most strenuous safety standards.
Up to one in five employees have had to take time off work due to stress-related illness in the past 12 months, new research from MetLife Employee Benefits shows.
Sally Clayton offers some guidance on how to eliminate Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the workplace
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