In the last few weeks, HSE has published the latest annual health and safety statistics for Great Britain. It shows some very interesting figures from 2022/23, perhaps the most surprising is that 1.8 million working people (the same figure as last year) suffered from...

Did you know there are more than 500,000 cases of food poisoning in the UK each year? If you’ve ever had food poisoning, you’ll understand the need for good food hygiene. Campylobacter, which is an infectious food poisoning disease caused mainly by eating undercooked...

Most of us have probably thought “what is a risk assessment and when do I need to do one?”  Risk management is a step-by-step process for controlling health and safety risks caused by hazards in the workplace. The easiest and safest way to document these risks is to...

Whilst Health & Safety is everyone’s responsibility, employers legally must appoint someone competent to help organisations meet their health and safety duties. A competent person is someone with the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to manage health and...

It is that time of year again where fireworks are readily available to buy for Bonfire night on 5th November. In this country, fireworks celebrate the 5th November, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes and his failed attempt to blow up Parliament. However, legend has it that...

The Restart a Heart campaign (RSAH) is an annual initiative led by the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) in partnership with The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and various Ambulance services. It raises awareness about cardiac arrest and helps people to learn CPR, giving...

HSE recently published the latest annual work-related fatal injury statistics for Great Britain. As always, it shows some interesting figures. The data is from 2022 to March 2023, where 135 workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain in 2022/23, an...