Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or foodborne disease) is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. Below is a guide to the 17 most common types of food poisoning. This ...
It is a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to have shared all significant findings from the fire safety risk assessment with employees. e.g. discussed and included ...
Ask an employee to explain good lifting techniques. Also check there is no unnecessary manual handling. Amber: Staff able to demonstrate safe handling, but no training records found Green: Staff able ...
A list of expensive fines given to companies who have been in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Gurpartap Singh Bhullar is a landlord from Slough, Berkshire. Bhullar appeared ...
An Essex car wash owner who failed to purchase compulsory insurance to protect his employees was fined yesterday. Bledar Shtylaa, who owns Blue Flag Hand Car Wash on Station Industrial Estate, Burnham ...
At time of visit was defective equipment taken out of use, or action taken to prevent its use. As part of our day to day operation we use various items of specialist equipment and it is important to ...
A Preston landlord and his property development firm have been fined around £28,000 for breaching fire safety regulations. Lee Pemberton, a director of PemCo Investments Ltd, pleaded guilty to seven ...
Do you have neighbours who are causing you issues when it comes to the fire safety of your home or place of work? How do you deal with this? How can you get to a successful and safe resolution to the ...
This post is part of the “Focus on Health and Safety Audit Questions” series. A series which focuses on questions asked by our health and safety consultants when conducting a health and safety audit.
In this article we look at the 25 most deadly structural fires in living memory from around the world. This list has been composed using the list of accidents and disasters by death toll on Wikipedia.
The Myth Busters Challenge Panel was set-up by the The Health and Safety Executive to investigate decisions or advice given in the name of health and safety which could be wrong. Anyone can contact ...
This article has been written to work as a reference when you are completing a health and safety workplace accident report and investigation. It is always good practice to record an accident however ...