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20 May 2019
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Providing the correct safety eyewear for employees is essential and eye examinations can have a positive impact for employers and employees alike, says Jim Lythgow.
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13 May 2019
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Craig Swallow explores how emerging lone worker technology allows us to revisit long-standing areas of risk with less trepidation.
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13 May 2019
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Planning is the key to ensuring your health and safety arrangements really work and in the latest webinar from Southalls Ian Hatherly, Richard Denton, Sarah Leake and Caroline Lee looked at COSHH, asbestos and legionella, outlining challenges that their clients face today in terms of the increased focus on health and safety this year.
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02 May 2019
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Wearing ear defenders is not always popular with staff exposed to industrial noise. So Laura Jenkins asks if interactive noise warning technology offers alternatives?
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07 February 2019
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In the event of a contamination at work you need to act fast to reduce the level of injury, so Janet Waine explains what you should do when every second counts.
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16 January 2019
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This month we put Nigel Stubbs in the spotlight to find out how a career change led him into the evolving health and safety industry.
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04 December 2018
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Persuading your boss to take health and safety seriously is no easy task, but a recent webinar from Southalls provided some tips to help you achieve this.
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17 October 2018
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With tougher penalties from the Sentencing Council, Helen Devery explores the penalties for gross negligence manslaughter offences.
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12 October 2018
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Employers should recognise that the use of hearing defenders for pregnant women working in high noise environments does not protect their unborn child from hearing damage, says Laura Jenkins.
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13 August 2018
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In June the lone worker safety company, SoloProtect, announced a new generation personal safety device (PSD) to the market.
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26 July 2018
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It’s essential to protect your employees hearing and avoid Noise-Induced Hearing Loss claims Laura Jenkins.
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25 July 2018
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Safe lone working requires employers to adopt a high standard of personal safety amongst their employees, says Saskia Garner.
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22 May 2018
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There are a number of ways in which technology can help your organisation's safety culture. Ian Cohen, product marketing manager at Cority, explains how
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22 May 2018
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Mobile apps have a major place in today’s consumer world. We can do everything from booking the cinema to ordering a food shop at the click of a button.
Matthew Elson, CEO, SHE Software, looks at how this functionality is coming to health and safety and the major impact that it can make to a modern day workforce
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25 April 2018
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Professor George Bearfield, director of system safety and health at the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), looks for the lessons to be learned in the aftermath of the Croydon tram tragedy
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26 March 2018
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Employees who regularly work outdoors will usually face additional risks compared to those who work indoors, whether from uneven ground and physical hazards or from adverse weather conditions. As employers, it is possible to put a variety of measures in place to reduce the risk of accidents – but it is impossible to prevent them entirely.
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13 March 2018
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HSM takes a look at how new technologies combined with risk assessment and training are helping to keep fleets and drivers safe
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26 March 2018
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Technology is always evolving and developing as we discover new and more efficient ways to complete day-to-day tasks. This applies to both our private lives and increasingly our working lives. Billy O’Brien, director of customer success at Effective Software, looks at three key software trends for those working in the health and safety sector to watch for in the near future
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09 March 2018
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Ten years ago, when the Apple App Store made its debut, the digital world changed forever. Now, with approximately 197 billion mobile app downloads in 2017, and predictions that this number could increase to 352 billion by 2021, Jim Struthers, global sales manager at Casella, asks: how can the health and safety industry truly benefit from the digital age
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09 March 2018
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The past decade has seen some real changes in lone working practices across the UK, in the number of lone workers, the variety of jobs they undertake and in the training and technology available to protect them. As the Lone Worker Theatre launches at this year's Health & Safety Event, Nicole Vazquez, the organiser of its education programme, explores some of the trends and developments in this field
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