Health & Safety Matters

How can you manage the safety of employees who drive for work?

RoSPA is contacted frequently by employers who have questions about driving for work. Duncan Vernon, road safety manager for England at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, (RoSPA) outlines some of the most common concerns and suggests what can be done to tackle them

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Stress tops reasons employers seek advice

Work-related stress is the most
common reason that leads employers
to seek occupational health advice, an
analysis of Department for Work and
Pensions (DWP)
statistics by Legal &
General has shown. An
analysis of reaso

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Soft at the knees

New from Redbacks is a non-foam
based safety kneepad which
memorises its original form without
reducing the cushioning effect from
consecutive or prolonged use.

In comparison to foam materials,
which provide cushionin

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Vaccination advised for welders

According to the Society of
Occupational Medicine,
welders and other workers
exposed to metal fumes
should receive a simple
vaccination that can
prevent serious lung disease
and even save lives. A new
review of the ev

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No ifs, no butts

A six-week smoking cessation
programme, which combines a
patented nicotine blocking technology
with personal coaching, has been
launched as a follow on from the
Rosen Stop Smoking Programme
employed by corporations in t

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Change damaging keyboards

Expensive time off, sickness and
even litigation due to computer
keyboard pain can be simply
forestalled by changing from a
conventional damaging flat keyboard
to the fully ergonomic Maltron
keyboard designed to fit han

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Low working ergonomics

Spectrum Healthcare, supplier of evacuation equipment and manual handling aids, has extended its range of products to include special equipment for bariatric patients/residents and people who have to work consistently at low heights.

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Why we must remain focused on accident prevention

Latest HSE accident statistics which suggest there has been a slight fall in workplace accidents should in no way result in a loss of focus on accident prevention, says Roger Bibbings of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

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Trackball mouse

ITAC Systems has introduced
evolution Mouse-Trak (eMT), a
family of durable, ergonomic and
high precision trackball controllers
designed to increase productivity
and reduce the risk of repetitive
strain injury (RSI) dur

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Temporary roof

With building contractors under
pressure to deliver construction
projects on budget, on time and on
demand – whatever the weather –
many look to minimise the delaying
effects of weather by protecting a site
from the ele

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