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Making your workplace smoke-free
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.03.2007
The countdown to smoke-free workplaces has begun. Jocelyn Dorrell talks to some organisations that have already made the switch, and finds out that time is of the essence
Site specifics: Asbestos
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 04.02.2007
Despite the fact that asbestos is no longer used in the UK, the legacy of the estimated six million tonnes of it still present in our schools, hospitals, ships, offices and factories makes it the greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the country. Bridget Leathley finds the best sources of information online on managing the UK's greatest workplace killer.
Taking accurate noise measurements
Seggy T Segaran | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007
The Health and Safety Executive's advice has always been that if you have to shout to talk to someone two metres away this is usually a clear indication that noise levels are around the 85dB mark. Seggy T Segaran argues that estimating workplace noise levels is often a poor substitute for taking accurate measurements.
New smoke-free legislation for England and Wales
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007
This year will see English and Welsh workplaces finally become smoke-free zones. In the first of a series of articles on the new legislation, Jocelyn Dorrell looks at signage, shelters and penalties
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.
Classic legal cases for NEBOSH students
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 02.01.2007
In the latest of his articles for students of the NEBOSH National Diploma, Lawrence Bamber studies some classic legal cases. He also takes a look at the cases that underpin some of the basic health and safety duties, including an employer's duty of care and responsibility for creating a safe system of work.
Is fashionable PPE effective?
Chris Rochester | Features | HSW | 01.01.2007
Chris Rochester asks if fashionably styled PPE and work clothing is likely to be less effective at protecting employees or more so
How the government responds to civil crises
John Norton-Doyle | Features | HSW | 01.01.2007
Buncefield, foot-and-mouth disease, the London bombings, widespread floods, avian flu threats - the last few years have provided no shortage of reasons to make emergency planning a priority. John Norton-Doyle reviews the government's new arrangements for responding to civil crises.
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.
Workplace transport: ruling out risk December
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 02.12.2006
In the third of our series, Louis Wustemann considers training and instructions to promote safe behaviour around site vehicles.
Winter driving hazards
Charles Davis | Features | HSW | 02.12.2006
Road risks exist all year round; some are constant and some change with the seasons. In winter, many elements make driving particularly hazardous. So as the nights draw in, Charles Davis of RoSPA navigates employers safely through the season's driving hazards.
Utilities: a textbook case
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.12.2006
From board-level safety representation and investment in training to a safety culture that extends beyond the workplace to workers' homes, Morrison Utility Services' (MUS) safety-management approach is model HSE best practice. Jocelyn Dorrell found out more about its award-winning formula for safety management.
Minimising spillage and leaks
Richard Proctor | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
Eliminating spills from the workplace would involve eliminating carelessness, lapses of attention, even sheer bloody-mindedness, from human behaviour - but even then there would still be simple bad luck. Richard Proctor of Darcy Products shows how to prepare for workplace leaks and spillages.
Occupational asthma
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
The UK has one of the highest rates of occupational asthma in the world, and it is still rising. Around a million people with existing asthma symptoms find that their working environment irritates their breathing system and makes the condition worse. Lawrence Bamber looks at occupational asthma, respiratory sensitisers and COSHH.
Workplace transport: machine guards
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
In the second part of our series on workplace transport, Louis Wustemann gets into safe vehicles.
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.
Examining safety procedures for deaf people
Liz Parslow | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
Every day, deaf people are exposed to unnecessary, life-threatening dangers because there is little or no access to fire alarm warnings for deaf people in commercial, public-access buildings and workplaces. Liz Parslow of Deaf Alerter examines the different options for warning systems and evacuation methods.
Lancashire Constabulary's slash of accident and absence rates
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
Earlier this year, Lancashire Constabulary won the Improving Working Lives award, for an overhaul of its approach to health, safety and attendance that cut sickness absence rates by 17% in a single year. It did so under the guidance of Ashley Judd, its occupational health, safety and welfare (OHSW) manager. Louis Wustemann found out how.
Site specifics: fire
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
With new fire safety legislation finally upon us, Bridget Leathley tracks down the best guidance the Web has to offer
Workplace transport: A place of safety
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
In the first of a new series on reducing vehicle accidents on company premises, Louis Wustemann looks at site management
Regulations require checks for ill health in staff
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
Regulations increasingly require businesses to check staff for signs of ill health. Lucie Ponting reports how surveillance to find the early signs of work-related ill health range from simple self-assessment, through to checks by occupational health professionals.
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
Fatigue at work
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
Fatigue at work dents productivity and can lead to accidents. Lucie Ponting sends a wake-up call.
A well-stocked first aid kit
Samantha Chalk | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
When it comes to deciding what first-aid equipment to keep on site, you probably don't want to learn by experience. Finding yourself short of some vital item to treat an injured employee could be at best uncomfortable and at worst harrowing for everyone involved. Samantha Chalk of St John Supplies advises on the contents of a well stocked first-aid kit.
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