Health & safety managers have a lot on their plate
Some new research shoes that the average health & safety manager has to juggle over 30 different priorities during the course of their work…
“We must ensure we don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”
Brian Prout, takes a moment to reflect on the progress that has been made in health &
safety in recent years and considers what impact Lord Young’s review into health &
safety might have
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Manage motor repair risks
Insurer Aviva is advising
companies in the motor vehicle
repair (MVR) sector to ensure they
are managing the risks associated
with exposure to hazardous
substances. This follows a
European-wide campaign in 2010,
initia
The dangers of darker days
When the clocks go back in the autumn
there is an increased risk of certain
accidents and injuries.Paul Cartwright
offers some advice on the measures
that can be taken to reduce the risk of
incidents assocated with darke
Factsheet on managing risks of daylight savings time in the workplace
Aviva, the UK insurer, has produced a factsheet to help companies to ensure they are managing the risks associated following the changes in daylight hours made on October 31st…
Preparing premises for heavy snow
Aviva, the UK insurer, is warning businesses of the dangers of structural damage to premises due to significant weight loads as a result of heavy and repeated snow events…
Sickness causes low morale in the workplace
New research reveals that long-term absence is not only an issue for over two-thirds of employers (69%) – it can also have a major impact on their staff…
Companies fined £640,000 for double fish farm deaths
Two companies have been fined a total of £640,000 following the death of two fish farm workers on a barge moored at a salmon farm on Loch Creran, Argyll & Bute…
One in three employees don’t take lunch
UK workers’ eating
habits are suffering
due to stress,
according to
research from the
forthcoming Aviva
Health of the
Workplace report.
Although employees
and bosses
recognise the value
of taking a lunch
break f
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