Latest Occupational Health and Safety News
Asbestos Awareness Training Wiltshire
Anyone who works with or is likely to come in contact with asbestos is required to have a level of asbestos awareness training, which employers are required to provide as part of their duties under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
Isocyanate Testing: Are you compliant?
Biological monitoring for Isocyanates has become the occupational standard for those working with isocyanate-based paints. An HSE drive on testing has exposed many companies not carrying this out, resulting in the issuance of an Improvement Notice.
Changes to RIDDOR coming April 2012
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.
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!
