Saturday 31 October 2009

CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace - BOOK NOW!

Designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. This qualification can be tailored to business and individual needs to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.

Location: Wellingborough

Date: 13th November 09

Cost: £110 + VAT per person

Cost includes Food, exam and course materials.

For more information go to: http://www.she.ltd.uk/cieh-level2-workplace-health-safety-training.htm

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Halloween

On Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers murders his fifteen-year-old sister Judith with a large butcher knife at their home in Haddonfield, Illinois. Almost immediately after, his parents arrive home and find him in a trance-like state. They send him to Smith's Grove Warren County Sanitarium and he is placed under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis. Eight years of treatment leads Loomis to believe that Michael is nothing less than pure evil. An additional seven years of trying to keep Myers locked up ends upon his attempted transfer to be prosecuted as an adult. As Loomis and his assistant Marion Chambers go to Smiths Grove to take the 21-year-old Myers to court, Myers steals their car, nearly attacks Marion and escapes. Loomis knows where he is going and pursues him.

In Haddonfield, Myers stalks teenager Laurie Strode and some of her friends. At various points throughout the day Laurie sees a man in a white mask (from her classroom window, behind a bush while she walks home, and in the clothesline from her bedroom window). Later in the evening, Laurie meets her friend Annie Brackett (Nancy Kyes) who is babysitting Lindsey Wallace across the street from where Laurie is babysitting Tommy Doyle.

After arranging to pick up her boyfriend, Annie sends Lindsey to stay with Laurie at the Doyle house. As she gets into the car, however, Myers pops up from the backseat and strangles her, and ends up cutting her throat. Tommy sees Myers carrying Annie's body into the Wallace house and thinks he is the Boogeyman. Laurie dismisses the boy's terror and sends Tommy and Lindsey to bed. Myers later murders another friend of Laurie, Lynda Van Der Klok and Lynda's boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Simms in the empty Wallace house after having sex.

Laurie worries for her friends' safety after receiving a strange phone call from Lynda at the Wallace house. She walks across the street and discovers the three bodies plus Judith Myers' missing tombstone. She is attacked by Michael Myers but manages to escape back to the Doyle house. Michael manages to gain access to the house but Laurie jabs a knitting needle into his neck, apparently killing him. She goes upstairs to reassure the children when Michael again follows her. She hides the children and locks herself in a closet where Michael proceeds to break open the door to stab her. Laurie untangles a coat hanger and sticks it in his face causing him to drop his knife which Laurie grabs and plunges it into his chest.

Exiting the closet, she sends the children to a neighbors for help. Loomis hears the children's panic and enters the Doyle house. Behind Laurie, Myers gets up and walks towards her and begins to throttle her. Loomis appears and manages to shoot him away, following up with 5 more shots which knock Michael over a balcony. Loomis then looks over the balcony, finding that Michael has disappeared.

Sounds like someone should have done a risk assessment on Mr Myers

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Friday 30 October 2009

The Shining

A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotels ghost's. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane.

Sounds like a health and safety nightmare...

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Twitter

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Facebook page

she ltd are now on Facebook... Become a fan at www.she.ltd.uk/facebook

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Woodworking safety

This website from the HSE provides occupational safety and health advice for people working in the woodworking and furniture industries.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/index.htm

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Wednesday 28 October 2009

don't get spooked by safety...

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New statistics show big improvements

Britain became a healthier and safer place to work last year, according to figures released today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Statistics show there has been a significant reduction in the numbers of people killed, injured or suffering work related ill-health from April 2008 to March 2009.

Across England, Scotland and Wales, 29.3 million working days (equivalent to 1.24 days per worker) were lost to injury and ill health last year - compared with 33.9 million in 2007/08.

For more information go to the HSE's website:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/statistics.htm

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she ltd has moved

We have now moved to our new premises at Victory House, Unit 5 Denington Rd, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 2QH. We look forward to conducting training sessions there.

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Tuesday 27 October 2009

Step 4: Write your health and safety policy

From the HSE:

A health and safety policy sets out your general approach, objectives and the arrangements you have put in place for managing health and safety in your business. It is a unique document that says who does what, when and how.

If you have five or more employees, you must write your policy down.

But how should it look?
A written health and safety policy does not need to be complicated or time consuming. It tells staff and others about your commitment to health and safety, and simply describes how you will implement and monitor your health and safety controls.

For more information follow the link:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/business/policy.htm


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Sunday 25 October 2009

Fed up of being wrapped up in cotton wool?

she ltd is an independent consultancy with experienced practitioners that manage businesses safety, health and environmental requirements. Based in Northamptonshire we have been providing these services for companies of varying sizes and sectors for 12 years. We understand that the job still needs to be done but rather than wrapping you up in cotton wool we will work with you to manage health and safety with a common sense approach. Contact us for some common sense advice.

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HSE publish newsletter

Get the latest health and safety news delivered straight to your in-tray from the HSE...

Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. Every edition is packed with practical information which will help you comply with the law and run a profitable, healthy and safe business

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/newsletter.htm

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Friday 23 October 2009

We are packing up and moving on

Onwards and upwards... she ltd are packing ready to move into new business premises...We are looking forward to expanding our business...

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Thursday 22 October 2009

she ltd win Chamber contract

she ltd have won the 2010/ 2011 contract to provide health and safety training to the Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce.. We will be providing:

CIEH Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace (1 day)
Risk Assessment (1/2 day)
CIEH Principles of Manual handling (1/2 day)

With the possibility of adding the Environmental Awareness & Level 1 CIEH H & S in the Workplace

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Tuesday 20 October 2009

oxfam unwrapped

Why not do something different for Christmas? Why not buy a gift for those you love from Oxfam's gifts unwrapped?

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped

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Asbestos campaign

Asbestos is the single greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Health and safety information on the dangers and management of asbestos in the workplace.

Read more from the HSE's website

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm

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Stress Management

What are the Management Standards for work-related stress?
The Management Standards define the characteristics, or culture, of an organisation where the risks from work-related stress are being effectively managed and controlled.

The Management Standards cover six key areas of work design that, if not properly managed, are associated with poor health and well-being, lower productivity and increased sickness absence. In other words, the six Management Standards cover the primary sources of stress at work.

Read more from the HSE's micro site

http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/index.htm

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Pot Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuecxDm2B9w

she ltd increase web presence

she ltd have increased there web presence by creating a new page on facebook. For more information or to join our "fan" club go to:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wellingborough-United-Kingdom/she-ltd/160067421251?ref=nf

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Sunday 18 October 2009

Jenson Button

Well done Jenson Button on his F1 Championship win. Read how F1 has improved safety since 1963 at

http://www.atlasf1.com/news/safety.html

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Thursday 15 October 2009

Green Infrastructure - toolkit

EMDA have produced a toolkit for environmental infrastructure

Rising oil prices and concerns over global warming are changing the way people live and how companies do business. The challenges of climate change and resource depletion require a profound shift in the way that we use natural resources to ensure the sustainability and resilience of our economy.

Read more at

http://www.emda.org.uk/environment/default.asp?nav=09


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Fed up of being wrapped up in cotton wool?

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safe environment October 09

she ltd have produced Octobers "safe environment".

Read this online at

http://www.she.ltd.uk/newsletters/10.09-newsletter.htm



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Wednesday 14 October 2009

Has H&S gone crazy?

GMTV have looked into health and safety and ask has it gone to far?

The fear of being sued is driving schools and workplaces to be over cautious when it comes to health and safety - email us your thoughts

The fear of being sued is driving people to be too cautious when it comes to health and safety.

According to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the banning of pastimes such as conker playing and sack racing on sports days is unnecessary because, with a little planning, the activities pose no danger.

Find out more by following the link

http://www.gm.tv/articles/39799-compensation-culture-overload.html



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Monday 12 October 2009

talking rubbish

Burying our rubbish in huge pits in the ground is no longer an option in the 21st Century, says Stuart Wardlaw. In this week's Green Room, he argues that a range of measures - some more popular than others - is needed if the UK is going to get on top of its waste problem.

see more follow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8147964.stm

UK landfill alternative

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8303584.stm


bbc report

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Sunday 11 October 2009

Schools denying children due H&S

A worrying experiment: Schools could be denying scientists of the future thanks to over-cautious health and safety laws

Many an accomplished scientist discovered a flair for their subject making bangs and fizzes in school laboratories.

But school children nowadays are failing to develop a love of science because safety rules are killing off practical experiments, it was claimed

Read more from the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218296/A-worrying-experiment-Schools-denying-scientists-future-thanks-cautious-health-safety-laws.html


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Homeless man crushed to death

A homeless man was crushed to death in a dustcart after he fell asleep in a wheelie bin, an inquest in Nottingham heard today. Raymond Pickering, 54, was living rough and fell asleep in a large commercial wheelie bin. On May 15 the bin was emptied with him inside. His body was found hours later at Biffa's waste-management site in Colwick.

Read more from the Guardian report at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/08/wheelie-bin-man-crushed-death



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Cyanide pollution incident

Untreated sewage and cyanide kill thousands of fish in river Trent.

A company that specialises in the disposal of hazardous waste was banned from discharging industrial effluent into the river Trent in Staffordshire today by environmental watchdogs investigating a leak of cynanide that led to the poisoning of thousands of fish.

Red Industries of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, said it had voluntarily stopped discharge before the Environment Agency issued a suspension notice on its use of the sewer system.

The incident affected a 20-mile stretch of the Trent after the chemical entered a Severn Trent Water treatment plant at Strongford in the Potteries. The chemical killed bacteria that process sewage, meaning the waste was only partially treated before it entered the river. A clean-up operation is under way aimed at preventing further harm to fish or wildlife.

Read more on the Guardian article at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/08/cyanide-water-ban-trent-fish

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Monday 5 October 2009

Government gets fire safety message across with TV ad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/05/government-fire-safety-ad


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Cranes

The HSE have produced CD221 - A consultative document on proposals for new regulations requiring the notification of tower cranes.

find out more at hse.gov.uk

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Gas cowboys

The HSE are looking at gas safety and the cowboys.

Are the HSE playing cowboys and indians

Find out at

www.hse.gov.uk

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We are moving

In November we are moving into bigger premises so that we can start training onsite. We look forward to running new courses with good food!

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