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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.

ALARP: making risk as unlikely as possible

Duncan Spencer | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007

Most safety legislation is not prescriptive, but essentially requires managers to write their own rules. So anyone tasked with managing risk is left to grapple with a variety of questions. Duncan Spencer looks at the principle of reducing risk to as low a level as reasonably practicable (ALARP).

A look at the new Corporate Manslaughter Act

Mark Tyler | Features | HSW | 15.10.2007

Mark Tyler picks the bones out of the new Corporate Manslaughter Act

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.

Protect yourself against arson

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007

Arson accounts for around 40% of all business fires, but many organisations don't take any steps to address the risks. Jocelyn Dorrell reports.

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.

Supervising toxic matter

Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007

In the latest of his articles for students of the NEBOSH National Diploma, Lawrence Bamber considers monitoring strategies for hazardous substances. He explains what monitoring means, when it is necessary and the strategies and procedures which should be followed.

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.

Interview with Geoffrey Podger

Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007

In the 18 months since he arrived from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to take up the post of chief executive of the HSE, Geoffrey Podger has supervised some major changes. Here he talks to Louis Wustemann about the HSC/E merger, managing staff cuts, and the health and safety profession's image problem.

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.

Keeping lone workers safe

Features | HSW | 12.07.2007

Daniel Riley says that lone workers may benefit from communications technology as part of a broader support package.

Providing safety instructions

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.06.2007

Lucie Ponting reports on a just-in-time method of providing safety instructions, where the writing is anywhere but on the wall.

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.

Accident investigation techniques

Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

All accidents are incidents, but not all incidents are accidents. That's a very brief answer to the common query about the difference between the two terms. Accident investigation techniques are Lawrence Bamber's theme in our latest guide.

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.