Health and Safety Audit: Best Practice (Internal)
September 2013 saw the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on good health and safety management being revised, to reflect the widely used Plan-Do-Check-Act approach
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Revision of ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System
The International Environmental Management System (EMS) Standard ISO 14001 was first published in 1996. It assists organisations in reducing their environmental impacts and assessing the
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No one’s too small to COSHH: how small businesses can ensure compliance
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) sometimes seem so complex they must surely be applicable only to big business. This is
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Perimeter Security & Risk Assessment
The aim of securing premises, in principle, is based on being able to prevent losses, while not hindering day-to-day business. This is to be achieved
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Reaction to latest HSE statistics
Reactions to the latest HSE statistics on workplace fatalities, as recently announced, have been mixed, with health and safety professionals welcoming the decline in injuries
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Grey Fleet Management
For the majority of people, the most dangerous thing they do at work is drive on the public highway. In this feature, Gordon Tranter considers
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New Driving Penalties
In August 2013, new measures for on-the-spot fixed penalty notices for drivers who put other road users at risk with careless driving offences, such as
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The Vehicle as Workplace: Driver Ergonomics
Workers who spend a lot of time behind the wheel are often overlooked when it comes to workplace ergonomics even though their ‘workstation’ is less
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