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24th April, 2024 - Guides
How To Use The HASpod Editor
All of our templates are editable, so you can adapt them for your projects and activities, and create site-specific health and safety documents. Templates are editable through your HASpod account, in our online editor. In this guide, you'll learn how to use the editor to make changes.
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18th April, 2024 - News
Documents Update And New Features - April 2024
This month we've given documents a new look on HASpod. This update includes improvements for searching, filtering, creating, and editing health and safety templates. The latest version is available now on your HASpod account.
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16th April, 2024 - Asbestos
What To Do If Accidental Asbestos Exposure Occurs On Site
When asbestos materials are damaged they release tiny fibres which can cause serious and often fatal diseases. So what should you do if accidentally disturb asbestos? These simple steps can help protect your health if you think you have disturbed asbestos materials.
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11th April, 2024 - Guides
How To Rename And Organise Documents With HASpod
Renaming, organising and finding your health and safety documents is easy with HASpod. In this guide, we will show you how to rename your edits and organise by project, so you can quickly find the health and safety document you need.
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How To Create A Health And Safety Document With HASpod
Creating, editing, and downloading health and safety documents is easy with HASpod. In this guide, we will show you how. Choose from hundreds of available templates, edit to add your project details with our easy online editor, and download your finished document.
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4th April, 2024 - Paperwork
How To Report An Accident Under RIDDOR
Employers or persons in charge of the premises are legally required to report certain accidents, incidents and work-related diseases to the HSE under RIDDOR. If you're wondering how to report a RIDDOR-related accident, that's exactly what we will cover in this article.
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2nd April, 2024 - Construction
22 Essential Items For Your Construction Site Office
Setting up your construction site office and getting the correct paperwork in place is important, it's where people go when they arrive on site, and where you run your project from. Your site office needs to contain plenty of information for your team - here are 22 essential items.
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27th March, 2024 - Construction
Do Your Construction Welfare Facilities Pass The Suitability Test?
Construction workers need welfare facilities. These are things like toilets, sinks, washing facilities, places to get changed and places to eat. And to comply with the law, your welfare facilities need to be suitable.
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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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