Dear Health and Safety Consultant “…I’m in self-isolation because of the pandemic and have been asked by my boss to review all our risk assessments. The trouble is, I have been doing things the same way for so long I […]
Do read this (unless you Don’t think it’s safe to) Those of you who are avid readers of this blog (thanks both) will know that I have blogged before about rules for staff. The reason this subject keeps coming up […]
What’s the issue? We are absolutely swamped with app choices these days, and I must confess to being drawn into the digital world in an attempt to improve the presentation and quality of H&S documents. For those who may not […]
Systems, schmishtems! I can’t count the number of businesses I’ve visited who have been given a ‘system’ to use by their consultants. But I do know it’s the the exact same number who haven’t a clue as to how to […]
One day in a Small-to-Medium sized Enterprise (SME) somewhere in the catchment area of ‘Just Health and Safety’… Some time later… During a quick break… Then back to the Group… After the next Board meeting…
Recently we’ve noticed that new Clients frequently have old H&S Policies that have either: No commitments – at all…to doing anything (usually these are the one’s who mistakenly think a H&S Policy is an information handbook for staff) Hidden commitments […]
Intro: Human beings like to have things nailed down, and consequently some become very attached to their risk assessment scoring systems – just like the nail gun they recently bought from B&Q. Consider how opinion polls have got things wrong […]
The Puzzle: We’ve been tortured by this puzzle for years: how can you check that you’ve taken the right actions to comply, not with H&S law this time, but with your own adopted H&S Policies (which usually contain a mix […]
Choices of Analogy: Over and over you hear people reaching for analogies (note to self: check spelling!) to explain complex situations. If you like, and understand, football then this will come natural to you – unfortunately I’m not in that […]
I.N.T.R.O. You’re probably thinking that his article is going to be about banging your head against a brick wall if you hear another acronym….well, you’d be wrong, a bit. I’ve recently added to my list of H&S acronyms we H&S […]
