Time to think outside of the box
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 […]
How do you carry out a risk assessment for the COVID-19 virus?
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 […]
Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns.
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 […]
Whatever you do, don’t do ‘Dos and Don’ts’
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 […]
To digitize or not to digitize
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 […]
Plagerism: being accused of something you didn’t do
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 […]
A short story about stress…
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…
Try this tool to check your H&S Policies
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 […]
Think you’ve got risk assessment nailed?
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 […]
Puzzle that no-one was thinking about finally solved!
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 […]