This list is designed to check your status as a leader on health and safety:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/leadership/checklist.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Thursday 31 January 2008
safety sales pitch February 08
FREE HEALTH & SAFETY CHECK ON YOUR BUSINESS IN FEBRUARY
Due to popular demand extended into February!!!
Is Health and Safety “a pain in the backside?” Why not get someone else to do it!!
Contact us now for a free, no-commitment, assessment on your health and safety arrangements and we will give you up to four hours of my time to check that you have the necessary legal requirements in place. We will give you practical advice and point you in the right direction if a problem is found.
You may think you’re covered, but are you sure? Wouldn’t it be nice to know?
Book now
Plus if work is commissioned* you will also recieve a free health and safety pack worth £35!
Training
Conduct your safety or environmental training at your site: contact us for details
CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate
Training - an ideal course for those wanting to progress environmental management systems
CIEH Safety Training:
CIEH (New) Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace
CIEH Principles of Manual Handling
CIEH COSHH
CIEH Stress Awareness
CIEH Train the Trainer
IOSH Safety Training:
IOSH Managing Safely
Other Training:
CDM2007 Awareness
COSHH workshop
Introduction to Health & Safety workshop
Risk Management/ Risk Assessment workshop
Fire Awareness
First Aid Appointed Persons
First Aid (full 4 day course)
*workshops can be tailored to your business.
Environmental Advice:
Help with environmental management systems BS8555 and ISO14001. .
Other Services Include:
Hours Health & Safety Advice
Hours Health & Safety Advice (sub contracted)..
Hours Environmental Advice
Hours Environmental Advice (sub contracted)
Hours Sub-contracted Health & Safety Advice
Health and Safety Services Daily Rate
Environmental Services Daily Rate
CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate
CIEH Level 2 in Health and Safety in the Workplace
CIEH Principles of Manual Handling Certificate
Hours Sub-contracted Safety Training
Fire Risk Assessment
CDM Training
DSE Display Screen Equipment Training (day rate)
DSE Display Screen Equipment Training
CIEH Level 2 Award in the Principles of COSHH
Hours Project Work
Hours Project Work (sub contracted)
Emergency First Aid/ Appointed Person INHOUSE
Emergency First Aid/ Appointed Person
First Aid Course (4 day)
First Aid at Work 2 Day Refresher
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 1 – 2
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 3 – 6
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 7 -14
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 1 – 2
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 3 – 6
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 7 – 14
Fork Lift Truck Training
PAT testing
Annual subscription to the safety newsletter per e-mail address/ individual
Annual subscription to "safe environment"
Annual subscription to safety legal updates
Webspace for online company's safety/ environmental arrangments
Translation services
CDROM - Employee Safety Information General
CDROM - DSE Display Screen Equipment Information
Safety Training (To Be Arranged)
Provision of PPE
Guaranteed friendly and professional advice
Due to popular demand extended into February!!!
Is Health and Safety “a pain in the backside?” Why not get someone else to do it!!
Contact us now for a free, no-commitment, assessment on your health and safety arrangements and we will give you up to four hours of my time to check that you have the necessary legal requirements in place. We will give you practical advice and point you in the right direction if a problem is found.
You may think you’re covered, but are you sure? Wouldn’t it be nice to know?
Book now
Plus if work is commissioned* you will also recieve a free health and safety pack worth £35!
Training
Conduct your safety or environmental training at your site: contact us for details
CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate
Training - an ideal course for those wanting to progress environmental management systems
CIEH Safety Training:
CIEH (New) Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace
CIEH Principles of Manual Handling
CIEH COSHH
CIEH Stress Awareness
CIEH Train the Trainer
IOSH Safety Training:
IOSH Managing Safely
Other Training:
CDM2007 Awareness
COSHH workshop
Introduction to Health & Safety workshop
Risk Management/ Risk Assessment workshop
Fire Awareness
First Aid Appointed Persons
First Aid (full 4 day course)
*workshops can be tailored to your business.
Environmental Advice:
Help with environmental management systems BS8555 and ISO14001. .
Other Services Include:
Hours Health & Safety Advice
Hours Health & Safety Advice (sub contracted)..
Hours Environmental Advice
Hours Environmental Advice (sub contracted)
Hours Sub-contracted Health & Safety Advice
Health and Safety Services Daily Rate
Environmental Services Daily Rate
CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate
CIEH Level 2 in Health and Safety in the Workplace
CIEH Principles of Manual Handling Certificate
Hours Sub-contracted Safety Training
Fire Risk Assessment
CDM Training
DSE Display Screen Equipment Training (day rate)
DSE Display Screen Equipment Training
CIEH Level 2 Award in the Principles of COSHH
Hours Project Work
Hours Project Work (sub contracted)
Emergency First Aid/ Appointed Person INHOUSE
Emergency First Aid/ Appointed Person
First Aid Course (4 day)
First Aid at Work 2 Day Refresher
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 1 – 2
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 3 – 6
Fire Marshal/ Warden Training 7 -14
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 1 – 2
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 3 – 6
Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training 7 – 14
Fork Lift Truck Training
PAT testing
Annual subscription to the safety newsletter per e-mail address/ individual
Annual subscription to "safe environment"
Annual subscription to safety legal updates
Webspace for online company's safety/ environmental arrangments
Translation services
CDROM - Employee Safety Information General
CDROM - DSE Display Screen Equipment Information
Safety Training (To Be Arranged)
Provision of PPE
Guaranteed friendly and professional advice
Thursday 17 January 2008
Domestic gas health and safety
For more information on domestic gas safety follow the link
http://hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/index.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
http://hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/index.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Monday 14 January 2008
HSE's Myth of the Month
Safety Experts’ New Year resolution is to make the life of business people as miserable as possible?
http://hse.gov.uk/myth/jan08.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
http://hse.gov.uk/myth/jan08.htm
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
safe environment January 08
Safe Environment
In this issue
Shattered lives
Boiler safety
Environmental tips
In this issue
Shattered lives
Boiler safety
Environmental tips
Shattered lives
HSE's slips, trips and falls from height campaign
HSE will be running a new campaign in February and March 2008 on slips, trips and falls in the workplace.
More than 1,000 workers a month suffer a serious injury following a slip, trip or fall. The campaign is aimed primarily at those most at risk of a slip, trip or fall at work and those best placed to take action - construction workers, electricians, gas fitters other tradespeople, and site managers, kitchen managers and chefs, food retail staff, area and store managers, food operatives and their shift managers.
However slips, trips and falls accidents do happen in any workplace and we would urge anyone where slips, trips and falls are a risk to get involved in the campaign.
To find out how you can get involved sign up for the free regular update.
For more information go to:
http://hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/index.htm
Boiler Safety/ HSE Statement following scalding death
The HSE issued a statement following the death of Rhianna Hardie
http://hse.gov.uk/press/2008/e08001.htm
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is issuing a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and the plumbing industry following two strikingly similar fatal incidents in the last four years where a large volume of near boiling water poured through bedroom ceilings onto occupants sleeping below.
The purpose of the alert is to raise awareness of a rare but potentially serious scalding risk from domestic hot water systems which include a fixed all-electric or part-electric immersion heater in conjunction with a plastic cold water storage cistern or ‘tank’ located in the roof space.
Homeowners and landlords should pay particular consideration to those systems over ten years old, or where they may have concerns over the quality of the installation or repair work carried out.
An overheating immersion cylinder will normally show warning signs so serious incidents are likely to be extremely rare. There are also a number of steps that can be taken to reduce the risk:
Occupants should be aware of warning signs (such as excessive noise from the hot water cylinder) indicating possible thermostat failure and overheating of the water in the cylinder;
Storage cisterns should be installed on an adequate supporting base. The incidents that prompted this alert occurred primarily because the plastic storage cisterns were not supported across their entire area. In other words, the base of the cistern protruded over the edge of the base support board. (See the alert for further information.)
A safety cut-out feature, independent of the immersion heater thermostat, can be fitted to limit the temperature of the stored water, should the thermostat fail.
The risk is greatest when cisterns are located above bedrooms. This is most likely in houses built between 1945 and 1975. Often these homes have, or used to have, a back boiler. If the cylinder is located in a bedroom it is probable that the cistern may be directly above it. Whenever a galvanised (metal) cistern is replaced by a plastic one, the thermostat to the immersion heater should be examined and preferably replaced by one with a safety cut-out.
For more information:
http://hse.gov.uk/press/2007/e07027.htm
Environmental Tip of the Month
Little ways you can save the Planet
New to safe environment, check out the tip of the month where altering one thing you do can make a difference!
"The lights are on but nobody's home"
Turning off the light when you leave the room is a very easy and obvious way of saving energy, but a surprisign number of empty rooms and whole buildings blaze with light at night. One way of stopping this is to fit movement sensors so that lights are only activated when needed." [source 1001 ways you can save the Planet]
For more information check out the blog:
http://safetyadviser.blogspot.com/
Check out our new listing on "the best of Wellingborough":
http://www.thebestof.co.uk/wellingborough
Kevin Jones
kevin.jones@safetyadviser.co.uk
Taking the pain out of Health + Safety at www.safetyadviser.co.uk
HSE's slips, trips and falls from height campaign
HSE will be running a new campaign in February and March 2008 on slips, trips and falls in the workplace.
More than 1,000 workers a month suffer a serious injury following a slip, trip or fall. The campaign is aimed primarily at those most at risk of a slip, trip or fall at work and those best placed to take action - construction workers, electricians, gas fitters other tradespeople, and site managers, kitchen managers and chefs, food retail staff, area and store managers, food operatives and their shift managers.
However slips, trips and falls accidents do happen in any workplace and we would urge anyone where slips, trips and falls are a risk to get involved in the campaign.
To find out how you can get involved sign up for the free regular update.
For more information go to:
http://hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/index.htm
Boiler Safety/ HSE Statement following scalding death
The HSE issued a statement following the death of Rhianna Hardie
http://hse.gov.uk/press/2008/e08001.htm
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is issuing a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and the plumbing industry following two strikingly similar fatal incidents in the last four years where a large volume of near boiling water poured through bedroom ceilings onto occupants sleeping below.
The purpose of the alert is to raise awareness of a rare but potentially serious scalding risk from domestic hot water systems which include a fixed all-electric or part-electric immersion heater in conjunction with a plastic cold water storage cistern or ‘tank’ located in the roof space.
Homeowners and landlords should pay particular consideration to those systems over ten years old, or where they may have concerns over the quality of the installation or repair work carried out.
An overheating immersion cylinder will normally show warning signs so serious incidents are likely to be extremely rare. There are also a number of steps that can be taken to reduce the risk:
Occupants should be aware of warning signs (such as excessive noise from the hot water cylinder) indicating possible thermostat failure and overheating of the water in the cylinder;
Storage cisterns should be installed on an adequate supporting base. The incidents that prompted this alert occurred primarily because the plastic storage cisterns were not supported across their entire area. In other words, the base of the cistern protruded over the edge of the base support board. (See the alert for further information.)
A safety cut-out feature, independent of the immersion heater thermostat, can be fitted to limit the temperature of the stored water, should the thermostat fail.
The risk is greatest when cisterns are located above bedrooms. This is most likely in houses built between 1945 and 1975. Often these homes have, or used to have, a back boiler. If the cylinder is located in a bedroom it is probable that the cistern may be directly above it. Whenever a galvanised (metal) cistern is replaced by a plastic one, the thermostat to the immersion heater should be examined and preferably replaced by one with a safety cut-out.
For more information:
http://hse.gov.uk/press/2007/e07027.htm
Environmental Tip of the Month
Little ways you can save the Planet
New to safe environment, check out the tip of the month where altering one thing you do can make a difference!
"The lights are on but nobody's home"
Turning off the light when you leave the room is a very easy and obvious way of saving energy, but a surprisign number of empty rooms and whole buildings blaze with light at night. One way of stopping this is to fit movement sensors so that lights are only activated when needed." [source 1001 ways you can save the Planet]
For more information check out the blog:
http://safetyadviser.blogspot.com/
Check out our new listing on "the best of Wellingborough":
http://www.thebestof.co.uk/wellingborough
Kevin Jones
kevin.jones@safetyadviser.co.uk
Taking the pain out of Health + Safety at www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Monday 7 January 2008
best of Wellingborough
safetyadviser.co.uk will soon be appearing on thebestofwellingborough.co.uk
go to www.thebestof.co.uk/wellingborough
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
go to www.thebestof.co.uk/wellingborough
www.safetyadviser.co.uk
Thanks
Kevin at safetyadviser.co.uk provided a good, thorough training course engaging the staff who attended. The course was tailored to our needs and therefore made it more relevant to the attendees. His arrangements and course materials were excellent. Altogether a good value for money experience!
Jane Lumley-Walker
Facilities Manager
www.valassis.co.uk
Jane Lumley-Walker
Facilities Manager
www.valassis.co.uk
Thursday 3 January 2008
Winter Safety - Snow
Tips on How to Prevent Slips Trips and Falls in the Winter Weather
Plan ahead; give yourself sufficient time and plan your route.
Use special care when entering and exiting vehicles; use the vehicle for support.
Walk in designated walkways as much as possible.
Taking shortcuts over snow piles and areas where snow and ice removal is not feasible can be hazardous.
Look ahead when you walk; a walkway completely covered with ice may require travel along its grassy edge for traction.
When given no choice but to walk on ice, consider the following:
Wear the proper foot gear.
Take small steps to keep your center of balance under you.
Take short steps or shuffle for stability
Walking slowly and never running on icy ground.
Keep both hands free for balance, rather than in your pockets.
Use handrails where provided.
Keep you eyes on where you are going.
Test potentially slick areas by tapping your foot on them.
Step - Don't jump from vehicles and equipment.
Keep walkways clear of debris, water, ice and slippery materials.
Be prepared to fall.
Finally, when entering buildings, remove snow and water from footwear to prevent creating wet slippery conditions indoors.
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