Well then – who better to tell you about how provide a risk assessment training than an actual HSE Inspector! Or is it…. HSE have recently started to offer more in the way of courses and have some which cover risk assessment, others covering CDM and more are likely to arrive in the future. The…
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Emergency First Aid Training: First aid leaflet revised for 2018 The HSE has updated some of its guidance material that covers first aid at work. This is important information for anyone who has recently completed Emergency First Aid Training with us. If you need emergency First Aid Training please contact Andrea on 01453 800100 and…
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I am sure that most of our clients are already familiar with the long established ISO.9001 as the Quality part of the ISO Management Systems standard, which has evolved to its latest version in 2015. To many, these changes to the standard were quite dramatic and now require far more Top Management Commitment and evidence…
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Working in a safety role means that you come across a diverse range and issues and this does include structural safety. We work with the whole range of construction site specialists and spotting risk is part of engaging in conversations with each stakeholder. If, like us, you’re of the opinion that every day is a…
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We are all used to HSE visiting site and reviewing our arrangements on safety. If these fall below expected standards we typically see Fee for Intervention costs (FFI) and the possibility of the serving of Improvement or even Prohibition notices. What’s unusual is when a HSE Inspection results directly in prosecution. HSE launches several campaigns…
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Did you know that Outsource Safety can work with you to implement an effective and productive safety briefing programme through the use of toolbox talks that also serves to demonstrate the communication of key health & safety issues to employees within your company? Although there is a time and a place for in-depth safety training,…
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Warburtons Limited, a large national breadmaker has been fined £2 million plus costs of £19,609.28 after a worker carrying out routine mixing machine cleaning lost his footing and fell nearly 2 metres to the floor below. He was hospitalised and suffered a compression fracture to his spine and was unable to return to his work…
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Firstly, a Happy New Year to all our clients, friends and contacts. Sitting over the Christmas period gives you time to think on a few things and with Brexit still being a point of discussion I was thinking of the foreign workers who continue to provide a huge amount of resource in our country and…
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A local authority (acting as a CDM Client) and its two contractors have been fined in excess of £1.5 million following two incidents involving roadworks on a busy Liverpool city centre road. A man died and another was seriously injured while attempting to cross Queens Drive in Liverpool during major resurfacing works which happened in…
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Between February 2016 and August 2016, we have seen a significant HSE Fines increase. These totalled totalled £20.6 million, compared to £14.4 million in February 2015 to August 2015 (please note that these costs may in fact be significantly higher as the data does not include sentences imposed in cases prosecuted by local authorities). HSE…
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