From the CEO’s desk
The 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.
The 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.
We’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€.
David 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
It 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?
The 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.
In 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.
The 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.
It can be said that a lot of us take safety equipment and the fact that it will perform to its fullest, saving injury or death, for granted. But, how can we be certain that another ‘horse meat’ scandal won’t develop in the health and safety world?
The BSIF has been made aware that counterfeit and sub-standard safety helmets believed to be of Asian origin and marked under the brand name ‘Burly’ and ‘MkII’ have found their way onto the international market.
Approximately two in three accidents at work are caused by the non or inappropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
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