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Try this tool to check your H&S Policies

3rd May 20194th May 2019 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

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 […]

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Think you’ve got risk assessment nailed?

9th April 201930th April 2019 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

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 […]

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Puzzle that no-one was thinking about finally solved!

11th February 201930th April 2019 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

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 […]

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Everyone likes a football analogy, so here goes…

15th December 201830th April 2019 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

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 […]

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Another day, another acronym

8th October 201822nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

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 […]

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Risk Assessors Writer’s Block

1st August 201822nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

They say that one of the tricks when you’ve got writers block is to write about…. writers block. I’ve been mulling this over whilst considering the topic for this blog, and lo and behold a fine example dropped into my […]

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You don’t need to be called Sherlock to investigate your own accidents

24th May 201822nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

What’s the issue? Over the years we’ve seen dozens of accident reports but very rarely do we see a thorough investigation leading to a satisfying ‘that’s never going to happen again’ conclusion and action plan. Here is a summary of […]

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People don’t read so well anymore, and what we can do about it.

12th March 201822nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

I recently read an article by Michael Harris which I agreed with – people don’t read so much, and maybe certain people are losing the ability to concentrate and read longer text pieces and register their meaning. The article suggests […]

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New Year…New ways to communicate

20th January 201822nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

Do you remember when email was a fun and wonderous new way to communicate? No? This may be because of your age, or because you’ve simply been beaten to a pulp by endless ‘reply to all’ messages, or email marketers […]

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Innovate, then embed the safe way of working

5th November 201722nd October 2018 Kevin McCloskeyUncategorised

One criticism of Health and Safety Advisers is that they can be focused on constructing endless ‘Do’s and ‘Don’t lists. This is so prevalent that it has become part of any new client’s expectations – an Adviser worth their salt […]

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    Alex Stanley
    Alex Stanley
    08:35 24 May 18
    Very informative and helpful through every stage of our Health and Safety Policies. Working with Just Health and Safety has improved many aspects of how our company operates and is highly recommended.
    Mystic Moments
    Mystic Moments
    07:10 11 May 18
    Kevin is a very well organised guy who keep H&S simple and our business safe, he is a real asset to us and would highly recommend his calm style, knowledge.
    Terry Head
    Terry Head
    11:01 12 May 18
    Really helped us out, cut through all the confusion and provided us a clear cut H&S policy! Definitely would recommend!
    Liv Proudley
    Liv Proudley
    08:28 15 May 18
    We've found the service as a whole, extremely valuable. Kevin is extremely helpful and very organised.
    PHILIP BAKER
    PHILIP BAKER
    12:15 05 Dec 18
    Kevin has been a real asset to the business giving some well needed accurate advice on various health and safety aspects and general legal compliance. Highly recommended.
    Richard Pavey
    Richard Pavey
    12:47 02 Apr 19
    We at Hallways Office Furniture moved our business to a very large warehouse and office space in New Milton and Kevin has been an enormous help with our new Health & Safety policy and Fire Safety requirements.
    Lesley Pisanu
    Lesley Pisanu
    08:03 04 Jul 19
    This was an area unknown to me and expecting the worst I approached Just Health and Safety. Kevin is absolutely spot on and has guided me through superbly with a sense of humour and the human touch, I highly recommend and will be sticking with from now on.
    Fergus Casey
    Fergus Casey
    14:45 28 Aug 19
    Kevin at Just H&S has been very helpful and supportive throughout the on-going process. His systems and communication are very good and we have been able to improve our H&S with his continued backing.
    HARROW HOUSE
    HARROW HOUSE
    15:47 26 Nov 19
    I would like to thank Kevin for all his help & hard work, he has made our health & safety policy review an easy & painless experience. I look forward to working with him again.
    Ian Stickland
    Ian Stickland
    10:52 19 Feb 20
    We hired Kevin to help our business out with some fine tuning of existing health and safety policies we have in place and also with implementing new processes.Kevin has been fantastic throughout and really gone above and beyond to help us - we can't thank him enough for his support.
    Katie Tyler
    Katie Tyler
    10:48 10 Sep 20
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