Breaking the back of Manual Handling – 5 things your employees need to know

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What is Manual Handling? The Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHOR) 1992 define manual handling as: “… any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or bodily force.” In effect, any activity that requires an individual to lift, move or support a load, will
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Health and Safety Training for line managers

Health and Safety Training for line managers Essential Health and Safety Training for line managers: As your first line of defense, ensuring that your line managers are adequately trained in Health and Safety matters, will help your organisation prevent accidents, avoid costly legal bills and most importantly, save lives! Support and leadership from your board
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Ensuring Health & Safety for the Lone Worker

Office at night: Health & Safety for a lone Worker
Ensuring Health and Safety a lone worker is a growing issue for HR and H&S Teams in UK Organisations.   What is a lone worker? A Lone worker or Lone Working  is defined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision.  It is estimated up
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New and Expectant Mothers: Rights and Responsibilities

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New and Expectant Mothers: Do you and your employees know their rights and responsibilities? Legal obligations regarding new and expectant mothers are set out in the following legislation; the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and the Equality Act 2010.  This legislation requires employers
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What is Legionella and where are the risks?

What is Legionella? Legionella is a pathogenic, waterborne bacterium that causes Legionellosis – the potentially serious Legionnaires’ disease – and the similar, but less serious Pontiac fever and Lochgoilhead fever. Legionella bacteria is commonly found in water, occurring naturally in lakes and rivers but has also been found to thrive and dangerously multiply, in artificial
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DSE Assessment – Are you Sitting Comfortably?

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How your business can benefit from a streamlined DSE assessment process. Research by OFCOM, reveals that as a nation we are now spending more time infront of a screen than we do sleeping.  In a recent survey, two thirds of the participants reported that they now work longer hours than they did just two years
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Electrical Safety at Work – How many employees does it take to change a light bulb?

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Electrical Safety at Work Electricity can kill. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approximately 1000 accidents a year are caused by electric shocks. About 30 of these cases are fatal and arise from working with overhead or underground power cables. This meas electrical safety at work is a serious issue. Individuals working directly
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Alcohol Awareness – Is a pint at lunchtime still OK?

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Is alcohol in the workplace really a problem?   According to the Institute of Alcohol Studies, a study in 1994, revealed that 90% of personnel directors from top UK organisations stated that alcohol consumption was a problem in their workplace, with 17% seeing it as a major issue. More recently, data has shown that more
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CPR Training – Turning your staff into life savers

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CPR Training : Empower your employees to save lives CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  CPR is an emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation.  It is used to provide oxygenated blood to reach the brain, heart and other organs in someone whose heart and breathing have stopped and until emergency services arrive.
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COSHH Explained: What Employers need to know about the Control of Hazardous to Health

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COSHH Explained: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Every year, thousands of workers are made ill by exposure to hazardous substance. These illnesses range widely from lung cancer to skin disease, costing millions of pounds to society and industry. COSHH stands for the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.  Under the Control of Substances Hazardous
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