Safety and Working at Heights

Safety and Working at Heights   A distinction is often made between fall heights greater than three metres and those less than three metres. This is mainly due to Regulation 21 of the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, usually interpreted as the...

Safety, NASA and Risk Management Lessons

NASA recently presented an safety award to a one of their own 30 year + employees, for being ‘ instrumental in reshaping NASA’s safety and mission assurance program. He is a founding member of the agency’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. He managed...

Ladder Safety

In your business, it can be the obvious things like ladder safety that catch you out. In the UK alone an average of 12 people die every year in workplaces, let alone what happens in the home. This example is one of many that occurs. What you need to do when completing...

Safety Bureaucracy

Safety Bureaucracy The Health and Safety Executive put out a series of ‘Myths of the Month’. This picture below was attached to the following: ‘The reality. Health and safety law is often used as an excuse to stop children taking part in exciting...