I need to tell you about the time I smuggled restricted goods in from Uganda. You see, smuggling requires a risk assessment. Not only that, but the perceived risks can change throughout the journey!
Did you ever hear about the 17-year-old workshop apprentice who needed to earn some extra dough?
It was coming up to Christmas, the nights were closing in, and he didn’t have enough money to buy his girlfriend a present. One day in the workshop, he had a gruesome money-earning idea…
I was telling you last time (catch up here!) that in the case of a health and safety breach, you’re ‘guilty until proven innocent’ in the eyes of the law. When disaster strikes, one defence is to prove that whatever happened was not reasonably foreseeable…
Do you have an ex-partner you’d like to go back in time and ‘straighten a few things out’ with? Well, today’s your lucky day, because I just happen to own a time capsule! Climb in and join me for a few minutes as we whizz back to July 1992…
Rachel, who is the wife of one of my clients sent me this video about how SafetyNow saved his life.
It shows the importance of using the correct equipment and having the right health and safety advice available.
Well after a very stressful day with the exams and it was nothing to do with the students but a “little” technical hitch from the service provider (which I cannot tell you about under pain of death) all students came out of the exam rooms happy. All 28 of them.
On Tuesday August 4th, we had our very first face to face training session since lockdown in March.
After reading a 48 page risk assessment,
SafetyNow ensures businesses understand and comply with legislation, to safeguard their employees, customers and the reputation of their company.
As a business owner, it is essential to understand and adhere to your legal obligations, but just why is health and safety so important?
As a manager / owner of a care home you have the weighty responsibility of ensuring not only that all your residents are cared for to the highest possible standards, but also that both them, and your employees, are residing or working in a safe environment.
Looking at recent HSE prosecutions we can’t help but think that a pattern is forming with regards to companies failing to undertake risk assessments and suffering the consequences.
Recently, very recently, this is what I saw. It is not uncommon. I have plenty of photos like this that I have taken in and around the area in which I live.
