Managing the risks for your workforce in hot weather.
Many await the summer period in eager anticipation, hoping for long sunny days and more time to make memories. But for businesses this...
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chameleonsafetyser
- 4 days ago
- 1 min
Hermes Prosecution and Yard Transport Hazards
In March 2019, an employee named David Kennedy aged 43 was working at the Motherwell depot for the parcel delivery firm Hermes (Hermes...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Jul 15
- 4 min
Asbestos: Are you managing the risk?
Over my time as a consultant, I have noticed that asbestos management remains a constant area of neglect. Little is thought about...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Protecting Pregnant Workers and New Mothers
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) website guidance has changed. Individual risk assessments must now be carried out as well as...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Jun 1
- 6 min
Environmental Focus
We see and hear it everywhere now don't we? Eat less meat, plant more trees, use reusable cups and large businesses advertising on TV to...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Prosecution Focus: working at Height
A transport and haulage company has been sentenced after a worker died due to falling from the rear of a transport shipping container. An...
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chameleonsafetyser
- May 12
- 2 min
HSE Enforcement - Skip Waste Operations
This month we are seeing several published reports from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), where they have made enforcement...
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chameleonsafetyser
- May 4
- 2 min
The Importance of Providing Adequate Supervision, Instruction and Training
Under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 all...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Apr 28
- 5 min
Stress Awareness Month
There is much societal progress to be made still in terms of how we view mental illness. There is very much a notion still that if you...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Women in construction focus
With International Women's day having just passed us by, it encouraged me to reflect on my own time in Construction. My overall...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Section 37 Director Prosecution
Personal liability for health and safety breaches in criminal law can arise either as a result of an infringement of the Health and...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Feb 23
- 1 min
PPE changes - do they affect you?
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 On 6th April 2022, The amendment to The Personal Protective...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Feb 23
- 4 min
Highway code changes and what to do...
Employers who have staff that are required to drive as part of their work need to ensure that they communicate the implications of the...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Women's health in the workplace
In my opinion, oftentimes employees are put into positions of management without the correct training and support. Not only can this...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Nov 24, 2021
- 4 min
Many businesses failing on managing staff health correctly
It is usually when something goes wrong, that I get a call from a Client (or someone new) in a sheer state of panic. "We've had an...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Suicide in male dominated industries are not improving...
Over 48% of construction workers take time off due to stress, and mental health issues. That's nearly half! Not only is this a concern as...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Apr 10, 2021
- 3 min
Returning Employees to work during COVID
For both employers and employees alike, there are many considerations for those returning to the workplace after a long break. We are now...
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chameleonsafetyser
- Apr 10, 2021
- 2 min
From Small Beginnings...
When I thought about writing a blog, I had every intention of starting right from the beginning with a raw, honest, real time account....
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