How to Build Resilience in a Team in 6 Practical Steps
When a team starts to break down under pressure, the organisation rarely looks at what changed around the team. A restructure that left nobody clear on who owns what. A…
Course Announcement: Excavator Safety Awareness Training for Site Staff
New Online Excavator Safety Awareness Training for Site StaffWe’re pleased to introduce our fully online course: Excavator Safety Awareness Training for Site Staff. Excavators cause some of the most serious…
Course Announcement: Foot Protection Training for Workers
New Online Foot Protection Training for WorkersWe’re pleased to introduce our fully online course: Foot Protection Training for Workers. Foot injuries are a common cause of lost working time in…
10 Tips on Updating Training Materials for Health and Safety Compliance
Employers must give workers the right level of information on the hazards they face, the controls in place, and what to do in an emergency (HSE, n.d.-d). That information has…
Course Announcement: Introduction to ISO 45001
Our Online Introduction to ISO 45001 Training CourseWe’re pleased to introduce our fully online course: Introduction to ISO 45001. For many organisations working towards or maintaining ISO 45001 certification, the…
Forklift Struck-By Risks: The System Controls That Reduce Collisions and Falling Loads in Warehouses
If your warehouse relies on painted lines, high-visibility clothing and driver awareness as the main controls for forklift–pedestrian interaction, your struck-by risk is being managed by attention, not by design.…
Assuring Contractor Safety: Testing What Happens on Site
Contractor safety usually fails after the documentation is complete. The method statement exists, the permit is signed, and supervision is nominally in place, yet the work has already moved away…
Common Fire Risk Assessment Failures: What Responsible Persons Get Wrong and How to Avoid Enforcement Action
In short: If you are responsible for a non-domestic premises or a building with shared residential areas, a fire risk assessment failure is one of the most common routes to…
Harness and Lanyard Inspection Records Explained
In short: A harness inspection record is a documented report confirming that fall arrest equipment has been examined by a competent person at defined intervals and found safe for continued…
Who Can Carry Out a Fire Risk Assessment in England and Wales — and Why the Competence Question Still Has No Single Answer
When Responsible Persons try to establish whether the person they have appointed to carry out a fire risk assessment is genuinely competent, they typically reach for a qualification, a professional…
