If the proper controls aren’t in place, exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can cause serious, life-changing health conditions
Occupational Health Assessment
HSE Issues First Prohibition Notices in Engineered Stone Crackdown
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued the first Prohibition Notices under its nationwide inspection programme targeting the engineered stone industry, marking a significant escalation in efforts to tackle workplace exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS).
What is Health Surveillance and When is it Needed?
Frequently Asked Question Health surveillance focuses on the health of staff in the workplace - and is a legal requirement in some workplaces. It involves checking employees' health where their work could put them at risk of developing work-related illness. Common...
What is a Management Referral?
A Management Referral is used to advise management on an employee’s health issues in relation to their work and to make recommendations on reasonable adjustments that could be considered to ensure a safe/healthy working environment
What is H.A.V.S?
H.A.V.S – Hand-arm vibration syndrome, is caused by occupational exposure to vibrating hand tools: know the facts.
No Safety Critical Medical, No Entry to Construction Site Allowed.
A self-employed construction worker wasn’t allowed access to a construction site without a safety critical medical certification being completed.
What are Offsite Occupational Health Services?
What are Offsite Occupational Health Services?
What are Night Worker Health Assessments?
Shift workers, particularly those who work at night, may be at risk of ill health because shift work can disrupt our body clock (by interfering with the production of hormones by the body), disturb sleep and cause fatigue.
What is a Lung Function Test?
Respiratory screening or lung function testing is just that, checking the function of the lungs to make sure nothing at work is reducing the employee’s function.
Managing Driving at Work Risks
More than 1/4 of all road traffic incidents involve somebody who is driving while on duty. Employers must manage the risks to drivers as part of their Health and Safety arrangements.
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.
Working at Height and how to protect your workers!
Corentin Barbieux, Product Manager of Fall Protection Solutions at Honeywell Industrial Safety, talks about the risks associated with working near edges and outlines the steps safety professionals should take to ensure workers have the optimal protection…
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