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Safety by the book
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 18.12.2007
While libraries may traditionally be slow-paced, managing safety at the British Library is anything but. Many of these challenges stem from the sheer size of the British Library's undertaking. Jocelyn Dorrell talks to the British Library's head of safety about the challenges of protecting 2,000 staff, 400,000 visitors and 150 million items.
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
Marshalling expertise
Dave Lewis | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
The actions of staff in the event of a fire are likely to be crucial to their safety and the safety of other people in the premises. Dave Lewis outlines the role and training needs of fire marshals.
CDM 2007: the story so far
Stuart Armstrong | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) have now been in force for more thank six months - enough time for some early signs to have emerged on how they are being applied in practice on new construction projects across the UK and which aspects clients and principal contractors need to watch out for. Stuart Armstrong reports.
Health and safety pay survey 2007
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
The love of money may be the root of all evil, but in a market economy health and safety professionals cannot be blamed for taking a healthy interest in what price their services command. Louis Wustemann analyses this year's pay survey of 500 health and safety professionals.
Safeguarding workers abroad
Becky Allen | Features | HSW | 08.11.2007
Business travel is an integral part of many Britons' jobs. Despite huge advances in information and communications technology, UK residents made more than nine million journeys abroad for work last year - up 12% since 2004. But what toll does it take on their health and safety and how can the risks be best managed? Becky Allen reports.
Head protection
Ian Browning | Features | HSW | 08.11.2007
Ian Browning of Arco puts the lid on head protection.
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.
Gas monitors: going prepared
Sarah Ursulan | Features | HSW | 16.10.2007
Where the potential for hazardous atmospheres is enough for you to supply monitors, you need to provide workers with training on how to use them. Providing a worker with a gas detector and showing them the area in which they will work is not a recipe for success. Sarah Ursulan explains why you need to give them thorough training.
Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 16.10.2007
London's Natural History Museum houses the world's oldest pieces of jewellery and plant fossils among its collections. And now the museum's head of health and safety has his own record to boast, having steered the museum to be the first accredited to the OHSAS 18001 international safety management standard. Louis Wustemann reports.
Tesco.com's driver safety initiative
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007
Over the last two years, Tesco.com's online grocery delivery service has not only ramped up safety standards among its drivers but also now grows its own driver trainers to maintain the improvement. Sara Bean reports on the initiatives being taken to reduce accident rates.
Road risk: the web's best guides
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007
Bridget Leathley steers you towards the best online resources on occupational road risk.
Mall Corporation's dedication to safety
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Shopping centres could never be described as high-risk environments but because of the large volumes of people using them, they must be made as risk-free as possible. Balancing the pressure of complying with legislation without compromising service is one hurdle retail complexes face. Sara Bean reports on a shopping centre operator's enforcement partnership which takes in 23 local authorities across the UK.
Safe use of warehouse racking
Philip Pinel | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Philip Pinel stacks up the arguments for the safe use and careful maintenance of warehouse racking systems.
Promoting safe motorcycle use
Kevin Clinton | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Whether it's because of reduced running costs, beating congestion or sheer exhilaration, more and more people are choosing motorbikes over cars. Kevin Clinton suggests employers should help them protect themselves.
Avoiding the tickbox idea of risk assessment
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 12.08.2007
How do you make sure risk assessments don't become an end in themselves? Lucie Ponting considers the ways.
Safely laundering protective clothing
Features | HSW | 09.08.2007
Richard Newton comes clean about safely laundering protective clothing.
If the mask fits
Helen Collins | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007
Helen Collins takes a deep breath and explains the ins and outs of face fit testing for RPE
Refusal to wear PPE
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007
What can you do if employees won't wear their protective gear? Lucie Ponting has the answer.
Site specifics: going smoke-free
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
On 1 July 2007, England will follow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in going smoke-free. An employer's main responsibility will be to ensure that no-one smokes in enclosed or substantially enclosed areas. The keys to achieving compliance are a smoke-free policy and appropriate signage. Bridget Leathley finds the best online guidance.
Risk assessments for disabled workers
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
Don't panic. That's the first thing to remember if you are called on to carry out a personal risk assessment for a disabled worker, says Duncan Abbott. In this article, he demystifies combined risk assessments and DDA assessments for disabled workers and explains how to apply the five steps to risk assessment.
Taking responsibility for safety
John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
If employees won't take any responsibility for their own safety, you need a hard-nosed approach to rule breaking, argues John Gilbertson.
Occupational health offerings at Expo 2007
Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
From noise monitoring equipment and asbestos management software, to furniture to cut the risk of deep-vein thrombosis, we report on the occupational health offerings on show.
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