Unsure of how best to navigate the process of submitting a RIDDOR report, the engineering company turned to Safewell for help
RIDDOR Accident Investigation & Reporting Support for an Engineering Company
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Accident & Incident Investigation
Do Lone Workers Need First Aid Training?
Do Lone Workers need First Aid Training? to answer this question first check the work activity risk assessment and if there is injury risk that is impacted by lone working then first aid training for lone workers is advised. This may include some first aid self treatment in the training.
Baby First Aid with Safewell
At Safewell our specially designed Baby First Aid workshop provides the essentials to help cope with an injury or emergency.
What is RIDDOR, and What is a RIDDOR Reportable Accident?
RIDDOR is the acronym for Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995. RIDDOR reportable incidents include death, major/over-7-day incapacitation/3-day work incapacitation injury, disease or dangerous occurrence, all work-related.
What is the Safe distance From a Welding Arc Flash?
What is the Safe distance From a Welding Arc Flash?
Severe Weather Warning.
Please be aware that the Met office have issued a severe weather warning for snow and ice across the country. This is starting Wednesday evening 30th of January through to Friday 1st February.
What is Drug & Alcohol Testing?
Alcohol and substance abuse at work cost employers millions of pounds each year, through the loss of productivity, increased sickness absence and increased accidents.
Ladder fall: £850k fine after window installer breaks knee cap
A window installer fell three metres from an unsecured ladder, breaking his knee cap. The firm was fined for poor Health and Safety practices…
Sole trader in court after ignoring HSE notice
A sole trader who repaired cars in a residential area of Bedford has been sentenced and fined after failing to comply with a Health and Safety Executive enforcement notice…
Tyre retread co pays £300k for lack of seatbelt rule
As an employer, do you enforce seatbelt use when employees are driving forklift trucks? Read about this employee who was crushed while driving a forklift without wearing a seatbelt…
Firm fined £300k after worker severs fingers
An Essex based food manufacturer has been fined after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metalworking lathe, using an emery cloth to clean steel shafts.
Construction firm guilty of corporate manslaughter over fatal London balcony falls
A construction company has been convicted of the manslaughter of two workers who fell to their deaths while hauling a heavy sofa into a luxury west London flat.
Call or message the Safewell Team
We are here to make health and safety accessible and easy for everyone. Please call on 01793 852951 or message us to help you.