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Liverpool Council's ticket to drive
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 14.01.2008
The corporate manslaughter legislation has put driver safety in the spotlight. Jocelyn Dorrell reports on Liverpool City Council's behicle safety training programme, which involves every employee who drives as part of their job.
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.
In peril on the sea
Becky Allen | Features | HSW | 11.01.2008
Lifeboats are archetypal pieces of safety equipment - they exist to protect lives. So why, asks Becky Allen, do they also kill and maim dozens of seafarers?
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.
In safe hands
Chris Packham | Features | HSW | 11.01.2008
Much has been written about latex allergy, often referring to the epidemic that occurred from wearing natural rubber latex gloves. Unfortunately, some of what has been published doesn't correspond with the scientific evidence. Chris Packham looks at whether natural latex gloves really represent a health hazard.
Cases in point 3
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 06.01.2008
In the latest in his series of revision pieces for students of the NEBOSH National Diploma, Lawrence Bamber goes back to some more landmark legal judgments.
The right connections
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 03.01.2008
Workplace Health Connect, the government's ambitious £20-million two-year pilot project to help small and medium-sized businesses tackle key workplace health issues, gets the thumbs up from employers, reports Lucie Ponting, though it might be better renamed Workplace Safety Connect.
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.
Checking your ladder is still up to the job
Dave Elson | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
To coincide with the HSE's ladder exchange, Dave Elson offers a quick guide to checking your ladder is still up to the job.
Sustainability first
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
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.
Corporate killing: lines of defence
Mark Tyler | Features | HSW | 16.10.2007
The planned date for the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act to take effect is 6 April 2008. In our second article on the new Act, Mark Tyler explains how organisations need to check and revise management systems and train senior managers to help safeguard themselves against prosecution.
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.
Supporting victims of workplace violence
Brian Edwards | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007
Many line managers and supervisors often lack the skills to help support and rehabilitate employees who become victims of violence or aggression in the workplace. Brian Edwards of Maybo explains why line managers have a pivotal role in providing support to victims who experience violent incidents at work.
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.
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.
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