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Using near miss data as a safety improvement tool
John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Near miss data, safety improvement tool, injury accident investigation, injury prevention, under reporting, lost-time accidents
Incidents & accidents
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
In Part 19 of our Back To Basics series Lawrence Waterman reiterates prevention is better than cure
Reducing vibration
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Hand-arm vibration causes the most common industrial injuries in the UK, ergonomist Duncan Abbott tells us how to prevent them by changing equipment and systems of work
How regulators influence health and safety
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Lawrence Bamber explains how the regulators influence health and safety standards through their interventions in the workplace
Passive smoke, smoking, smoking ban, Drug Testing at Work, drug and alcohol misuse, sample, work-life balance
Peter Ellis | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Smoking, drugs and alcohol policies in the workplace revisited by health and safety consultant Peter Ellis
Don't slip up
Isobel Allen | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Slips and trips are no joke, they cost employers £152 million per year. Here we introduce the HSE's new slips assessment tool
Protecting new and expectant mothers in the workplace
Rebecca Bunn | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
What must an employer do to protect new and expectant mothers in the workplace? Rebecca Bunn finds out more
Employers' liability insurance: an explanation
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
Employers' liability insurance Lawrence Bamber tells us what it is and how it works
Accident costs
John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
John Gilbertson of the Key Consultancy explains how you can use accident costs as a safety improvement tool
Returning to work
Tim Humphreys | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
The value of rehabilitation, a report by Tim Humphreys
The challegning role of the occuaptional health team
Carol Davis | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
Carol Davis reports on the changing role of the occupational health team
People with disabilities
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
In part 18 of our Back To Basics series Lawrence Waterman tells us how to treat all workers fairly
The future of respiratory protection
Nigel Holmes | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
Nigel Holmes from Scott Health and Safety discusses how respiratory protection design is responding to twenty-first century hazards
Keep the noise down
Peter Ellis | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Peter Ellis highlights the current and proposed noise at work regulations and explains how to make noise measurements in the workplace
Listen and learn
Mike Denton | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Mike Denton from Aearo provides a guide to hearing protection for workers
Helmets, safety boots and dancing robots
Mike Birch | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Mike Birch picks out the highlights of the Safety & Health Expo 2005
Safety inspections
John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
John Gilbertson of the Key Consultancy explains how to use safety inspections to foster a safe working environment
Business continuity
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
What's it all about? Lawrence Bamber finds out
Benefits and limitations of PPE
Rebecca Bunn | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Rebecca Bunn finds out about the benefits and limitations of using PPE to control exposure to physical hazards
Action on hearing
Seggy T Segaran | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
The importance of hearing surveillance at work by Seggy Segaran of First Stop Safety
Constructing better fitness
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Duncan Abbott takes an ergonomic approach to reducing injuries in the construction industry
Escape routes
Chris Pearce | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Chris Pearce, sales and marketing director at Fireco, discusses the role of automated fire doors in emergency escape routes for the disabled
Drive safely
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
In part 17 of our Back To Basics series Lawrence Waterman tells how to reduce the harm and costs of occupational road risk
How managers can stop bullying
Rebecca Bunn | Features | HSW | 01.01.2005
Bullying casts a shadow over many people's working lives. Rebecca Bunn finds out what managers can do to throw some light on the problem
Pushing and pulling tasks are an overlooked aspect of manual handling
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.01.2004
One in 10 RIDDOR-reportable accidents investigated by the HSE in 2003-04 involved pushing or pulling tasks. Duncan Abbott considers an overlooked aspect of manual handling
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