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Pass it on: cascade training
Paul Smith | Features | HSW | 05.09.2008
Cascade or train-the-trainer systems involve training a small group who then pass on what they know to the rest of the workforce. But planning and preparation are crucial in avoiding failure. Paul Smith of the E.ON Engineering Academy sets out the pros and cons.
E-learning: avoiding systems failure
Julian Roberts | Features | HSW | 05.09.2008
There are few areas of life which have not been changed by the coming of the internet. The way we work, shop, play, meet our spouses and develop our understanding of the world have all been transformed by the technology Julian Roberts of Safety Media explains how to stop your e-learning programme going the way of various government IT projects.
The measurement maze
David Fellows | Features | IIRSM Newsletter | 01.07.2008
The benefits from a comprehensive measurement of performance within a health and safety management system are huge; it will aid elimination of occupational illness and injuries, verify legal compliance and measure continuous improvement. But there can be pitfalls. IIRSM member David Fellows investigates.
Communicating your health and safety messages
Andrea Oates | Features | HSW | 07.04.2008
It can be an uphill task getting health and safety messages across in company publications. You'll be competing with other, more immediately attractive information about social events or charity initiatives. Andrea Oates finds out how to make your health and safety messages stand out in the company newspaper.
Are your homeworkers secure?
Howard Fidderman | Features | HSW | 11.02.2008
Last month we looked at the more traditional health and safety aspects of homeworking, particularly equipment and electrical issues. In this concluding feature, Howard Fidderman considers the issues that have increased in importance - although not always in risk - over the past decade, including security and communications challenges.
Club together
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 11.01.2008
If two heads are better than one, how much better are 14? David Gault would argue 14 work well when it comes to solving workplace problems. That's the number of members in the Shropshire Health and Safety Group. Louis Wustemann sat in.
House of hazards?
Features | HSW | 11.01.2008
Numbers of home teleworkers have increased rapidly in the past decade as employers embrace flexible work patterns, pushed on by government encouragement and business demands. In the first of two articles, Howard Fidderman says discharging your duty to safeguard homeworkers is not so hard.
What's in store for 2008
Features | HSW | 10.12.2007
We offer you the best guesses of some of the most senior figures in health and safety - including the HSE's chief executive and experts at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the EEF manufacturers' organisation - of what will be the pressing issues this year.
Dealing with dust extraction
Andy Quail | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007
Andy Quail, commercial director at Carter-Thorne, explains why it is important to think ahead when dealing with dust extraction
Communication and consultation
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007
In the last of his Back to Basics series, Lawrence Waterman outlines best practice approaches to workforce engagement
Sustainability first
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
Taking the lead: first HSW conference
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 16.10.2007
Leadership and the need for senior management engagement were the themes that occurred at the recent HSW Conference. Delegates were given an overview of current and future developments in regulation, such as corporate manslaughter, and good practice on issues ranging from accident reduction to the new CDM Regulations.
Encourage staff involvement with a workplace safety committee
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007
Safety committees are nothing new, says Lucie Ponting, which means they are often undervalued as a way of securing employee involvement.
A guide to contracting outside expertise
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Louis Wustemann takes advice on how to ensure the consultant you hire is the right one.
Just another hazard
Oliver Brennan | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
People who continually verbally abuse, threaten, humiliate and denigrate colleagues, causing them unreasonable stress, are themselves hazards and, as such, are harmful to the health and safety of people unfortunate enough to have to work with them. Oliver Brennan says that you should apply the same risk management techniques to workplace bullies that you would to any inanimate hazard.
Safety incentives: do they work?
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
Of course safety should be a reward in itself. But managers struggling to engage reluctant employees in organisations where executives talk about safety only in terms of red tape may feel they need to offer something more. However, opinion is divided on whether paying staff safety incentives cuts accidents or simply encourages employees not to report them. Jocelyn Dorrell investigates.
Site specifics: CDM 2007
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.04.2007
There has been an encouraging downward trend in construction accident statistics since 2000; the rate of fatal injury in 2005-06 was three per 100,000 workers - the lowest rate for construction on record. However, some industry bodies are worryingly behind on the CDM revisions which take effect next month. Bridget Leathley looks up the most reliable sources of guidance on the web.
Key figures in UK health and safety
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007
Key figures in UK health and safety highlight the issues they believe will keep us busy this year
Defusing aggression
Philip Hammond | Features | HSW | 03.01.2007
Exposure to aggressive behaviour is a workplace hazard like any other, and workers have a right to reasonable protection from it. Philip Hammond and John Goodwin of the CIEH say letting angry people talk themselves out is critical to successfully defusing aggression.
Safety breaches in manufacturing SMEs
Lynne Oliver | Features | HSW | 04.12.2006
A survey by City & Guilds, carried out in order to understand both the challenges SMEs face when it comes to meeting HSE requirements and their employees' experience of workplace safety, finds them unprepared for the consequences of any safety breaches. Lynne Oliver analyses the findings.
Toolbox talks
Sara Bean | Features | | 01.12.2006
Sara Bean explains how to make sure health and safety messages stick in toolbox talks
Workplace Health Connect
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
Following the launch of the government's Workplace Health Connect consultancy, aimed at giving SMEs advice on issues from absence management to musculoskeletal disorders, businesses have got more than they bargained for. Louis Wustemann and Jocelyn Dorrell investigate.
Health and safety pay survey 2006
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
HSW and leading recruitment agency Principal People have carried out a major salary survey among 550 health and safety specialists. Louis Wustemann crunches the numbers
Competent for a fire risk assessment
Dave Sibert | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
Dave Sibert of the Fire Protection Association explains how to decide if you are competent to carry out a fire risk assessment.
Managing special events
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
If your organisation is hosting an event this summer, chances are they'll call on you as the person responsible for health and safety to ensure it all goes smoothly and safely. From summer parties and open days to music festivals, Sara Bean looks at the safe way to manage special events.
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