Like any profession, working in H&S can have some amusing moments but on this occasion, I’m referring to Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ Why? Because over the years a form of unrealistic ‘cake-ism’ has become apparent in some new enquiries that […]
In the latest IOSH health and safety industry magazine there was a good article about keeping H&S in proportion, with particular emphasis on risk assessment. Over a 4-year Doctorate study the article writer, Dr Lawrence Ball-King, interviewed 34 senior risk […]
‘Yesterday I did the weekly shop at Tesco and at the checkout was served by a new trainee. Far from the service being worse, it was actually better. Slower, but better. Why? Because the cashier was processing things at a […]
Naturally enough, the COVID-19 public health crisis has taken up a lot of everybody’s time and attention and continues to do so. However, some organisations have still managed to keep other Health and Safety (‘H&S’) issues on the back burner. […]
I recently read an article on why we fail to prepare for disasters. Obviously this related to the lack of preparation for the viral pandemic that we are currently experiencing. But it’s familiar because this is something that all health […]
Changes to our H&S Service For some years now, we’ve been creating a stock of online forms for our Clients to use. These forms are ‘smart’ in that they are set to respond to user-input and are a much more […]
Strange Times It is unusual, to say the least, to be asked in a workplace setting to carry out a risk assessment for a disease that is prevalent in the community. After all, most workplaces don’t carry out risk assessments for […]
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 […]
