FAMILIARITY WITH knives in everyday life can lead to a widespread blind spot when it comes to their provision and use in the workplace. Here, Ian Crellin outlines factors to consider when choosing safety knives to ensure they are both fit-for-purpose and safe to use

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Set to be the first and only major event to reunite the UK’s occupational safety and health community, The Health & Safety Event opens its doors on 7-9 September 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has presented one of the greatest challenges to workplace health and safety of the modern era. While keeping employees physically safe from the virus is top priority, one of the ‘symptoms’ of the pandemic that employers also need to address is worker anxiety

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DESPITE MORE than 50 years of drink drive campaigns, road traffic accidents caused by driving after consuming alcohol are showing a rise in numbers.

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WHEN THE easing of lockdown measures began in mid-May, many businesses began a journey to assess the Coronavirus risks that applied to their workplaces. To make sure their working environments were COVID Secure, they went on to develop additional physical and procedural measures, says Dale Jones

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Fiona McGarry H M Inspector of Health and Safety and Health and Safety Executive lead for engineering and metalworking fluids looks at the issues surrounding the common practice of 'blowing down' metalworking fluids

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When a major part of your business involves materials handling it's vital to choose the right equipment for the job to minimise potential hazards and to ensure productive procedures, writes Martin McVicar, CEO and Co-founder of Combilift

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Building on his last article, which covered 'three main sources of unexpected events', here SafeStart CEO Larry Wilson looks at risk assessment from a new perspective

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Following from the previous article in Larry Wilson's Paradigm Shifts series, here the SafeStart CEO explores what lies behind hazardous events

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With the cost of poor mental health in the workplace ranging between £33-42bn each year, businesses need to get better at spotting and supporting mental wellbeing concerns. Indicators of poor mental health can be physical, psychological or behavioural and so a starting point is to understand some of the most common warning signs of poor mental health, explains Towergate Health & Protection.

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New research points to a step change in emergency treatment of water jet injuries. David Kennedy, director of the Water Jetting Association, explains more

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Distilleries have been affected by the update to the EN1755:2015 standard, which has changed how ATEX compliant lift trucks are built and managed. Pyroban explains more

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Larry Wilson, author of SafeStart, an advanced safety awareness training program, outlines how calculating an employee's complacency level may serve as a predictor of their risk of serious injury

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Connected devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence look set to transform real-time management of hazardous environments, as Glyn Jones, Group CEO, Trolex explains

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Larry Wilson, author of SafeStart, an advanced safety awareness training program, outlines how calculating an employee's complacency level may serve as a predictor of their risk of serious injury

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Suzannah Robin, an alcohol and drug safety expert at AlcoDigital, has helped various companies across the UK with their testing policies and procedures. Here she explains what to do if an employee tests positive for alcohol or drugs, and discusses how to identify and support individuals who are struggling with addiction

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To ensure that it can protect staff and remain legally compliant, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in South Yorkshire asked compliance and risk management software business, Alcumus, to help overhaul its in-house COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) procedures and introduce a CMS (COSHH Management System)

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The oil and gas industry is responsible for some of the most high-risk, hazardous work environments on the planet. Enforcing health and safety is crucial for the engineers on site, as well as protecting valuable assets. Paul Tanner, business development oil, gas & marine, Tyco Integrated Fire and Security, comments

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At the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, held in Singapore in September, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) together with the International Labour Organization presented new estimates of the cost of poor occupational safety and health (OSH). The findings reveal that worldwide work-related injury and illness result in the loss of 3.9% of GDP, at an annual cost of about €2680 billion.

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In September, the Fork Lift Truck Association will launch its annual safety month campaign, Safetember. Now in its 10th year, the event is sponsored by Jungheinrich UK. Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) Chief Executive Peter Harvey MBE discusses this year’s theme and explains how to get involved

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For industrial protection in any environment

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Standard machine elements - suppliers of handwheels, crank handles, lobe knobs, grip knobs, wing knobs, handles, tubular handles, adjustable handles, levers, oil caps, plugs, rotary controls, oil level indicators, filler breathers, levelling feet...

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Why buying a 3M respirator means more than simply purchasing a product.

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For easy loading of goods and safe bridging access

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Diversified technology company 3M is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its best-selling E-A-R brand Classic Hearing Protector with a new educational microsite, Discovery Kits, and free prize draw.

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Diversified technology company 3M has launched a new high-performance coverall which delivers enhanced protection against chemicals and hazardous substances, without compromising on comfort and convenience.

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Keeping track of work and improving the workflow is critical and using visual displays to communicate the status of jobs is regarded as vital in any business environment. T Cards Online is a new way of looking at this old age problem. Keeping it simple for the user whilst enabling others to look, manage and improve processes.

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Managing machinery and equipment which has been isolated for maintenance or for any other reason is essential, as is the need to communicate the status of the ‘lock-out’ and ‘shutdown’ to others in the workplace. This is often a requirement for in-house safety and maintenance procedures so any device which helps the communication process would be beneficial.

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An effective way of keeping track of personnel who are on site or on shift. The boards are removable so are ideal for a recalls, should the worse happen. Using durable PVC T Cards, different colours can be used to identify key personnel such as fire marshals and first aiders.

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For all-round edge protection at height

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Each of your assets tells its story. True maintenance means listening to those stories. Recognising critical signals and giving the right response.

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Providing information and communicating with staff and colleagues in the workplace is essential, particularly when hazards, incidents or near-misses occur which may impact on others. An effective, low-cost solution to ‘getting the message across’ is the Near Miss / Incident Reporting System available from T Cards Direct which is an easy way to manage and document health and safety issues.

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