productIn the September issue of Health & Safety Matters we highlighted the growing problem of Fake CE Certificates of Conformance and the consequent issues this raises. If the product has not been tested, will it really perform as it should? Probably not, and since the certificate is not genuine, the product should not be used in any occupational environment, since noncertified personal protective equipment is illegal for use at work.
productOn 11th September the Government announced plans to make hundreds of thousands of businesses exempt from health and safety inspections, bring in new legislation to protect businesses from “compensation culture” claims and to scrap or overhaul over 3,000 regulations.
productThe principle that offenders should pay for their misdeeds has now arrived in the safety world. The HSE has started its “Fee for Intervention” scheme, which will mean that those companies that break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of the HSE’s related costs, including inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action.
productDavid Lummis discusses the advances in the world of flooring that can benefit workers
who are on their feet most of the day
productThe start of the New Year gives us all a chance to review our actions and activities and this is particularly relevant in the safety world.
productWe’re almost there! Since teaming up with the Environment Agency (EA) both Active Research and The McOnie Agency have been finalising a new market report entitled: “Best Practice in Spill Prevention in the Waste Management Industryâ€.
articleDavid Lummis discusses the BSIF’s latest collaboration with the Environment Agency
(EA) on the problem of spills and how best to prevent and contain them in the
construction and waste management industries
productIt can be said that a lot of us take for granted safety equipment and the fact that it will perform to its fullest, saving injury or death. But, how can we be certain that another ‘horse meat’ scandal won’t develop in the health and safety world?
productThe deadline for the BSIF Safety Awards has now passed and the BSIF received a steady stream of entries all hoping to have their chance to win one of these prestigious awards.
productIn excess of 25,000 people each year suffer a major injury at work, whilst over 120,000 have to take significant time off due to an incident at work according to occupational statistics.
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