From 6 April 2012, the reporting requirement for over-three-day injuries to workers will change to over-seven-day injuries. From then, you must report work-related injuries where a worker has been incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days.
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Lofstedt Report – Review Burden of Health and Safety
Professor Lofstedt, Professor of Risk Management at King’s College London, was tasked in Early 2011 to provide the government with recommendations to reduce the regulatory burden of UK Health and Safety Regulations. Here are the main recommendations from his report.
Ladder Exchange 2011
HSE is launching the fourth Ladder Exchange initiative from 1 September until 30 November. This annual programme gives UK businesses an easy way to replace broken, damaged or bent ladders and trade them in for safe new ones.
New Retained Service!
We have just added a new retained service page to our website! It is perfect for small businesses who don’t employ a full-time H&S adviser but want access to sensible, business tailored advice throughout the year.
Safewell are looking for OHAs
Safewell currently have a requirement for occupational health advisers and nurses to meet increasing demands from new client companies. If you are experienced, trained and qualified in occupational health, then we would like to hear from you.
Safewell now on Twitter!
You can now follow us on Twitter, our username is SafewellOHS. Find us at http://twitter.com/safewellohs. We look forward to following you back and reading your Tweets!
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.