In a recent webinar hosted by Health and Safety Matters, Southalls consultant Andy Hall and Kennedys Law partner James Shrimpton shared the realities of civil and regulatory actions, from defending claims to demonstrating due diligence.

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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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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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With tougher penalties from the Sentencing Council, Helen Devery explores the penalties for gross negligence manslaughter offences.

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Publication of ISO 45001 is imminent but is your business ready? Terry Fisher from NQA provides an overview of the standard and its requirements

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Each issue HSM speaks to a member of the BOHS about the challenges and rewards of working as an occupational hygienist. This issue we talk to Justina Sebag-Montefiore, senior occupational hygienist at Babcock International Group.

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Trading Standards has launched a National Project investigating leather gloves sold as personal protective equipment, looking for the banned substances Chromium VI and Azo Dyes.

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Each issue HSM speaks to a member of the BOHS about the challenges and rewards of working as an occupational hygienist. This issue we talk to Julian Dowson, director of Peritus Health Management.

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When the HSE recently published its annual statistics there was little surprise that construction remained an industry with a "statistically significantly higher" than average workplace injury rate. With around 6% of the nation's workforce but almost one third of work related fatalities, enforcement in the sector remains a key HSE priority. But, asks Rhian Greaves, Clyde & Co's SHE regulatory head of compliance & strategic support, how is this working in practice and what are the effects on a po

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Safety consulting is moving into psychology and enterprise risk. Mieke Jacobs, global practice leader operational risk management & employee safety at DuPont Sustainable Solutions, explores these new operational risk strategies.

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A revision to the EN388 standard for gloves giving protection from mechanical risks, including cuts, will increase the accuracy and reliability of cutting tests on higher resistance materials. The revision, which is likely to be published around the middle of 2016, has been welcomed by DSM Dyneema.

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NEBOSH development manager Barry Wilkes looks at how the new Sentencing Council guidelines for health and safety offences, in force from 1 February 2016, could further motivate organisations to ensure that they are compliant with health and safety laws.

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Gordon Burns, technical fabrics applications engineer at W.L. Gore and Associates (UK) discusses why its essential to invest in the best PPE for the rail sector.

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Improved clarity and simplicity of punishment guidelines related to health and safety failures by companies and organisations are set to be introduced. HSM asks Sunderland-based legislation experts, Cedrec what impact this could have.

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The arrival of CDM 2015 hails more than just regulatory reform – the real shift in the way we manage construction health and safety is a behavioural one. iHasco’s Abigail Pears explores what CDM means for construction workflows.

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Each issue HSM speaks to a member of the BOHS about the challenges and rewards of working as an occupational hygienist. This issue we talk to Mary Cameron, occupational hygienist at Air Tech ECS.

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This month, RoSPA’s workplace safety manager Rob Burgon joins the Great Business Debate and highlights some important changes to construction industry regulations.

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Amendment No. 3:2015 of the forthcoming IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008 provides essential requirements and changes for electrical professionals, writes Geoff Cronshaw, chief electrical engineer at the IET.

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PPE legislation is a hot topic in European occupational safety, owing to some important changes that are taking place. The current PPE Directive is under review as part of the European Commission’s simplification programme, with the revised version likely to come into effect by the end of 2016. Matthew Judson, technical director, JSP examines the impact once it is reintroduced as a Regulation.

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After a slow start, The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is gaining momentum with a growing number of cases in the pipeline. Rhys Griffiths & Alexandra Hulme chart the Act’s progress

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The First Aid at Work course is designed to help employers meet legal requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and is formally certificated by the First Aid Industry Body (F.A.I.B. approved).

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Joining IIRSM provides you with a host of membership benefits. These benefits are aimed to help you develop your career and personal development in the health and safety industry some of which includes an opportunity to join our Accreditation Scheme and to attend our events at a discounted rate

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Whipcheck Safety Cables prevent hose whipping in the event of a coupling failing or failure of compressed air and other high-pressure connections.

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LIGHTWEIGHT CUT LEVEL E MICROPORE NITRILE PALM COATED GLOVE

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In light of a number of recent prosecutions for serious breaches of health and safety legislation the NQA explains how developing relevant processes and procedures can help to create a safer working environment It is

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Our industry renowned lone worker solutions safeguard the welfare of your lone workers, and offers assistance for Health & Safety legislation.

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