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21st March, 2024 - Management
How To Measure Health And Safety Performance
How do you measure health and safety performance? Usually, we are looking for zero. Zero accidents, zero ill health, zero harm. When we measure by accidents, we are measuring failure. But you can also measure health and safety success.
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19th March, 2024 - Management
4 Common Reasons For Underreporting In Health And Safety
Underreporting can leave you blind to health and safety issues and incidents in your business. But why do people stay silent when bad things happen? Here are common reasons for underreporting in health and safety (and how to fix them).
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13th March, 2024 - Management
Why Health And Safety Is NOT Your Number One Priority
Is health and safety the number one priority for any business? Probably not. Of course, health and safety is an important aspect of running your business, but it's not your number one priority. Find out why.
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7th March, 2024 - Manual Handling
13 Types Of Manual Handling Injuries And The Hazards That Cause Them
It might surprise you that manual handling is responsible for over 30% of workplace injuries. For something so simple, why so many accidents? Well, it's likely to be because we don't expect anything to go wrong - we lift things all the time.
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5th March, 2024 - Asbestos
How Long Does An Asbestos Awareness Certificate Last?
If you work in construction or any other profession where you may disturb asbestos you should be trained in asbestos awareness as a minimum. But how often should that training take place, and how long does an asbestos awareness certificate last? Find out if your certificate is valid.
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28th February, 2024 - News
Do You Provide Health And Safety Advice?
Our support team is here to help you get the most out of HASpod. One thing we can't do is act as health and safety advisors for your project or business. In many cases, businesses can manage health and safety themselves - HASpod gives you and your team the tools you need to do this.
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22nd February, 2024 - Paperwork
The 5 Steps To Risk Assessment (And How To Complete Them)
In this blog post, we look at what the 5 steps to risk assessment are, why you need them, and how to complete them. From identifying hazards and risks in your workplace to deciding on precautions and recording your assessment.
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20th February, 2024 - Management
The Responsibilities Of A Health And Safety Manager
A health and safety manager is responsible for the health and safety performance of a business. They must protect workers and members of the public from harm by developing safe systems of work to prevent accidents and ill health.
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14th February, 2024 - Asbestos
Who Is Asbestos Awareness Training Suitable For?
Asbestos awareness is the most basic level of asbestos training. But who needs it? It's not suitable for asbestos workers. It's actually for people who don't work with asbestos but need to avoid it in their jobs, like tradespeople and construction workers.
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8th February, 2024 - Asbestos
The Deadly Risks Of Asbestos In Demolition
Asbestos is in thousands of buildings in the UK. It was a popular building product 20+ years ago. But it's deadly. Since older buildings are more likely to be demolished, asbestos is a deadly risk in demolition work.
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6th February, 2024 - CDM
CDM 2015 Roles And Responsibilities
The roles of client, principal designer, principal contractor, designers and contractors all have responsibilities under CDM. And so do workers. In this blog post, we will look at what these roles are, when they apply, and what you need to do.
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31st January, 2024 - CDM
What Is Pre-Construction Information?
Pre-construction information is one of the first health and safety documents you will need on a construction project. This is a legally required document, required by the CDM regulations for every construction project.
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