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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).
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.
A guide to contracting outside expertise
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Louis Wustemann takes advice on how to ensure the consultant you hire is the right one.
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.
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.
Assessing employees' wellbeing
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Health assessments for safety-critical staff make sense, says Lucie Ponting, but in other cases their value may be limited.
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.
Interview with Geoffrey Podger
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007
HSE head Geoffrey Podger talks to Louis Wustemann about the HSC/E merger, managing staff cuts, and the health and safety profession's image problem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Health and safety enforcement in China
Adrienne Gleeson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
In the first of a short series on health and safety enforcement in the major developing economies Adrienne Gleeson looks east to China.
Construction giant, Alfred McAlpine's accident reduction strategy
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
Sara Bean reports on an initiative that ties safety improvement tightly to business efficiency and customer satisfaction
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