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Screen-based training
Mike Denton | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
Tony Dervan of EssentialSkillz argues that screen-based training and assessments can take the drudgery out of DSE compliance.
Regulations on employee involvement
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.07.2006
As the HSC consults on changing the rules on employee involvement, Lawrence Bamber summarises the existing regulations for studentsfor the NEBOSH National Certificate
Why matching workstation equipment to individual need is vital
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.07.2006
Duncan Abbott explains why matching workstation equipment closely to individual need is vital
An auto manufacturer talks about pandemic plan
Sarah Silcox | Features | HSW | 01.07.2006
Sarah Silcox talks to an auto parts manufacturer with a finely tuned pandemic plan
Advice on protection from optical radiation
Caroline Brown | Features | HSW | 01.07.2006
With a new Directive in the offing, Caroline Brown offers advice on protection from optical radiation
The business case for health and safety improvements
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
In the latest of his series of primers for students of the NEBOSH National Certificate, Lawrence Bamber looks at making the business case for health and safety improvements.
Hazard reporting in the Gherkin
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
The firm that built London's "Gherkin", among other landmarks, has increased hazard reporting by its employees and contractors by 1000% through a charity scheme. Sara Bean reports.
Advice on PPE inventory control
Sandie Morris | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Sandie Morris of BuckHickman InOne offers some advice on PPE inventory control.
Purchasing safety shoes
Graham Buckley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Graham Buckley reports on some tests that show not all safety shoes are what they seem.
Report on the Buncefield explosion
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
In their latest report on last December's Hemel Hempstead oil depot fire, the investigators have finally identified the mechanical failures that contributed to the explosions. Lucie Ponting reports.
RoSPA Congress 2006
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Louis Wustemann reports back from two big fixtures of the health and safety conference season.
The cost of office hazards
Sarah Silcox | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Sarah Silcox talks to a manager who argues office hazards can cost more than site accidents.
How to wear your PPE
Ian Samson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Ian Samson of DuPont explains why how you put on your PPE and take it off is as vital as actually wearing it.
Stress: The assessment stage
Dr Rosemary Anderson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
In the third and last of her series on effective stress risk auditing, Rosemary Anderson moves on to the risk assessment itself.
REACH chemicals Regulation
Paul Reeve | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
As the smoke begins to clear around the new EU chemicals regime, Paul Reeve looks at how it will fit with COSHH and other UK regulations.
Health and safety for volunteering employees
Becky Allen | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
When companies are investing time and money keeping their staff safe and healthy at work, how do they ensure the same level of care applies to volunteering employees? Becky Allen investigates.
Improving your safety record
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
A growing number of industries are signing companies up to promise to improve their safety records. Lucie Ponting reports on the results so far.
Employing young people
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
It is always distressing to hear of serious injuries or fatalities sustained at work, but it is often most disturbing when the victim is a young person just beginning their working life. Young people new to the world of work need special care, Sara Bean reports.
Managing asbestos
Chris Ward | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
Many businesses have fulfilled only part of the duty to manage asbestos at their sites, argues Chris Ward of Bureau Veritas.
Site specifics: vibration
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 implement the requirements of European Directive 2002/44/EC on workers' exposure to vibration-related risks. Bridget Leathley trawls the web for the best sources of information and guidance on hand/arm and whole-body vibration.
Effective PPE
Jim Reid | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
Jim Reid of Bacou-Dalloz explains why your PPE must work together.
Behaviour modification
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
Lawrence Bamber reviews the importance of behaviour modification in safety management systems.
Stress: preparing the way
Dr Rosemary Anderson | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
In the second of our series on stress management, Rosemary Anderson explains how to get ready for a risk assessment.
Nestle cuts accident rates with passport control
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
One of Europe's largest food manufacturers has cut accidents among its UK contractors by more than two-thirds in just two years. Lucie Ponting found out how
Looking after an ageing workforce
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
Age has been seen as the last bastion of permitted discrimination in employment. But that bastion fell when new legislation prohibiting employers from discriminating against anyone on the grounds of age came into effect. Sara Bean considers the implications of looking after an ageing workforce.
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