Our Special Reports covering the latest problems in workplace health and safety. New Special Reports are added regularly.
19.05.2011
This Special Report sets out the significant events and cases of the last year, along with details of the changes to guidance, legislation and public policy planned for 2011. Furthermore, we’ve identified how key events and changes are likely to impact your business and outlined what you need to do about it.
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10.03.2011
Contractors fulfil a vital role but they can introduce health and safety issues. When on your site you need to make sure that they don't put anyone in danger. This Special Report spells out how this should be done without increasing your potential liability. It includes everything from identifying what checks should be completed before they start, to supervising and assessing their work on an ongoing basis.
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28.10.2010
In response to the government’s review of health and safety, we’ve produced a Special Report which highlights all of his recommendations and spells out how they might affect your business. It’s definitely worth a read because, unlike most reviews of this nature, the findings should actually reduce your compliance burden (and potentially your costs too).
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22.10.2010
To coincide with the “Safe Maintenance” campaign, which is being promoted and managed by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and the Health & Safety Executive, we’ve produced the Special Report: Safe Plant and Equipment Maintenance. It covers all aspects of maintenance from machinery shutdowns to checking and maintaining lifting equipment. As well as helping to ensure that your working environment is safe, following our guidance should keep you on the right side of a visiting inspector.
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12.08.2010
Ensuring businesses are managing asbestos is a hot topic for the enforcement agencies. For this reason, we've produced the Special Report: Asbestos - The Complete Guide to Safe Management. It covers the whole process - from identifying whether asbestos might be present in your building, incorporating the latest HSE guidance, to developing and maintaining a management plan.
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14.01.2010
This Special Report sets out what you can expect during a health & safety and fire inspection. It covers everything from how you may be selected and contacted to the type of question they are going to ask. It’s full of practical tips on how to deal with even the most awkward and demanding inspector.
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19.11.2009
So you've risk assessed everything, put the correct procedures in place, and yet a member of staff has still managed to have an accident. How should you record it? Do you need to report it to the authorities or your insurer? These are just some of the many questions answered in our Special Report: Control, Investigate and Reduce Workplace Accidents.
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22.10.2009
The HSE has updated its guidance on first aid training. The good news is that courses have become shorter and compliance is easier. This Special Report contains all the major updates - including details of the new course, Emergency First Aid at Work - and guidance on compliance.
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26.03.2009
Our Fire Safety Special Report contains information on fire safety legislation, including a guide to the British Standard: BS 9999:2008. It also contains solutions to commonly asked fire safety problems, including: how many fire marshals should be trained, and how many extinguishers are required?
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06.11.2008
Managing workplace stress is a notoriously tricky business. Not only could you lose a member of staff for many months, or even permanently, you're at risk of potential prosecution and compensation claims. This Special Report takes away the risk. In clear, unambiguous language it shows where the pitfalls are and how to avoid them. It even includes a sample stress policy.
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09.10.2008
This Special Report identifies what potential hazards there are in clear, to-the-point language, and what you need to do to manage them. Plus detailed information on when you may need to employ an occupational health practitioner and how to go about it.
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22.05.2008
Safety procedures can be a very useful way of communicating important messages to your workforce. This Special Report gives advice on what to put in your safety procedures, how to write them in a way that can be easily understood and, most importantly, how to ensure they are followed.
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13.02.2008
Although display screen equipment itself isn't dangerous, if not used properly, the potential exists for staff to suffer from health related problems. This Special Report contains all the practical advice you need to ensure staff aren't put at risk and are able to work effectively.
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16.07.2007
A workplace accident will cost you either directly or indirectly. And then there's the spectre of a possible prosecution to follow. This Special Report contains all the practical advice you need to put in place simple accident avoidance measures.
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01.07.2007
Getting to grips with the minutiae of construction law is not something for the fainthearted, especially in light of the latest CDM regulations. This Special Report demystifies all the legal theory and explains in easy to understand language what you need to do to comply with the law.
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