Ponting, Lucie | Features | Health and Safety at Work magazine
Published: 07.08.2008
Traditional risk assessment is about identifying risks in the workplace so that you can implement suitable controls. Lucie Ponting and Jocelyn Dorrell look at how dynamic risk assessment can help employees manage risks as they arise.
NHS Trust fined for glutaraldehyde exposure
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Retailer fined for obstructed stairs
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Scaffold collapse seriously injured three workers
Three workers who were not properly trained or supervised suffered serious injuries when the scaff ...
Scrapyard cleared of corporate manslaughter
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Manager fined for RIDDOR failure
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Employee counselling: increasing performance
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Major accident investigations: the aftermath
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Pillar to post: industrial doors
Published: 08.08.2008
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Case study: Barrington's concrete results
This year, CEMEX UK's Safety Sword was handed to the Barrington cement plant and quarry. The Cambridg ...
Case study: And the winners are...
Wales' water utility literally prizes its contractors safety initiatives, as Sara Bean discovers.
Case study: Leeds Hospitals' burning issue
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Case study: Liverpool Council's ticket to drive
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Liability insurance rules to change
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Low-risk firms waste money on consultants, says BERR
Low-risk businesses could save £140 million a year if 20% sought basic health and safety adv ...
Liverpool crane collapse: HSE issues report
As part of its ongoing investigation into a fatal crane collapse in Liverpool last year, the HSE h ...
Wembley fatality witness loses claim
A man who suffered post-traumatic stress after he saw his workmate die in an accident during const ...
Question: DSE & posture
We have an employee who insists on 'spawling across his desk and slouching in his chair' He has been shown the correct posture, and how to adjust his chair and screen to suit, given advice and reminders but he insists on adopting his poor posture. He is now complaining of pains in his side and back. What more can we do to help this employee (short of strapping him in an upright position) and what is our legal position if claims work induced injury?
Aug 12 2008 12:41PM
The DSE Regs are clear that you should have conducted an assessment before he st...
Recent Questions
Does anyone work in an organisation that asks its PPE suppliers if they check the conditions in which their protective gear is manufactured? I'm writing something on the subject and would be glad to know of anybody who has a policy on ethical procurement that extends to PPE or workwear. If you don't want to post a reply here, feel free to email me at louis.wustemann@lexisnexis.co.uk Thanks Louis
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act introduces a new offence, across the UK, for ...
Control of Noise at Work Regulations
These regulations, which came into force generally in 2006, will apply to exposure to noise at work i ...
Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006
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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/20070320.htm ...
Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007
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