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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Buying respiratory equipment
Jo Partridge | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
Jo Partridge of 3M looks at buying respiratory equipment
Stress: breaking down barriers
Dr Rosemary Anderson | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
In the first of a series on managing stress, Rosemary Anderson considers the obstacles to effective risk assessment
The next big challenge
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 04.03.2006
H&S professionals are shy of tackling health issues, argues Sara Bean, but that is where their next big challenge lies
Complying with new, lower workplace noise limits
Graham Cowling | Features | HSW | 02.03.2006
New lower workplace noise limits take effect next month. Graham Cowling of Bureau Veritas explains what employers will have to do to comply
Workplace electrical appliances should be safe
Jim Wallace | Features | HSW | 01.03.2006
Jim Wallace of Seaward Electronic highlights the importance of ensuring that workplace electrical appliances are safe
New disability discrimination law requires adjustments for mental conditions
Elizabeth Gates | Features | HSW | 01.03.2006
New disability discrimination law requires employers to make adjustments for mental conditions such as phobias and depression. Elizabeth Gates reviews the duties
How to get accurate readings from noise meters
Tim Turney | Features | HSW | 01.03.2006
Tim Turney of Casella Cel explains how to get accurate readings from noise meters
British Standards guidance on health and safety management systems
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.03.2006
In his series for students of the NEBOSH national Diploma, Lawrence Bamber expands on the British Standards guidance on health and safety management systems
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