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5th February, 2025 - Construction

How To Check Your Hard Hat Expiry Date

Find out how to check the expiry date on your hard hats, what stamps to look for, where to look, the difference between the manufacture date and the expiry date, how long a hard hat lasts, and most importantly - when to replace your hard hat.

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30th January, 2025 - COSHH

Where Does COSHH Apply?

COSHH is a law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. Most businesses use substances that are hazardous to health, from cleaning chemicals to creating gases, dust and vapours - so the COSHH regulations will apply to some aspects of most businesses.

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28th January, 2025 - COSHH

A Brief History Of The COSHH Regulations

The COSHH regulations were first introduced over 35 years ago. Their purpose? To protect employees and others from harmful exposure to hazardous substances. The regulations went through several major updates, in 1994, 1999 and 2002. Let's look at COSHH since it was introduced in 1988.

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22nd January, 2025 - Asbestos

The Risk Of Asbestos In Artex Ceilings

Many buildings contain artex and other textured coatings on walls and ceilings that may contain asbestos. The biggest risk is not the artex itself, but the potentially deadly fibres contained in it. In this post, we look at when you should be worried, and what the law says about asbestos in artex.

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16th January, 2025 - Paperwork

The Difference Between Site Specific And Generic Risk Assessments

If your health and safety management is being reviewed, you will often be asked for copies of site-specific risk assessments. And one of the reasons risk assessments fail the review is that they are too generic. So what do the terms site-specific risk assessments and generic risk assessments mean?

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14th January, 2025 - Construction

101 Construction Site Safety Topics

Health and safety is extra important on construction sites because they are dangerous places to work. And the first rule of health and safety is to talk about health and safety. Here are 101 health and safety topics you can talk about on your construction sites.

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8th January, 2025 - Paperwork

10 Free Health And Safety Documents For Your Business

Do you need to create health and safety documents for your business? Want to save time on paperwork? Not sure where to start? Here are 10 free health and safety templates you can edit, fill in, download, and use. Created by health and safety experts, ready for your work.

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2nd January, 2025 - Management

Time For Your Annual Health And Safety Review?

You should review your health and safety systems at least annually, and the start of a new year is a great time to do it. That doesn't necessarily mean updating every document and procedure though! In this post, we look at what you should review and how to decide when updates are needed.

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18th December, 2024 - News

Seasons Greetings 2024

We wish all our customers, colleagues, friends, and visitors a merry festive season with a quick recap of 2024 and a look forward to 2025.

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12th December, 2024 - Health

You're As Cold As Ice, Don't Be Willing To Sacrifice (Your Health And Safety)

With temperatures often hitting the minuses at this time of year (yes, more freezing than freezing), it's important to remember that when you're as cold as ice, extra consideration should be given to health and safety.

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10th December, 2024 - Management

A Guide To The Different Types Of First Aid Training Courses

There are a few different first-aid training courses available, so how do you know which type you need? Nominated first aiders are a must for any workplace, but with various types of first aid training available, it is vital to get the right level of training for your first aid cover.

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4th December, 2024 - COSHH

COSHH Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) Explained

WELs stands for workplace exposure limits. Under the COSHH regulations, workplace exposure limits (WELs) are assigned to around 500 hazardous substances. But what are workplace exposure limits (wels)? And how can you monitor hazardous substances to ensure WELs are not exceeded?

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