Two prosecutions were reported in early November 2018. The Court Cases and associated reporting enable us to be aware of the failings of others and to learn from them. The problem is that the two cases in question were not concerning new and unexpected situations, but...

Well, not all of us, and at least, not all the time. Though at some time or other we probably all have done something that could, or perhaps did, contribute in some way to an accident. Such acts are usually categorised as errors or violations, and have a variety of cau...

They came from far and wide, although predominantly from Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The annual health and safety event, organised and sponsored by Train to Safety was once again a run-away success, beating the previous year as always. People atten...

Many small companies. pride themselves on being able to make a decent job of many of the management tasks associated with running their business.

Lots of these jobs go on behind the scenes, so while customers may see the obvious work of the company, making widgets, or p...

 Our annual health and safety seminar reaches new and dizzying heights each year. What once started as a humble half a day update for our closest clients, has now changed beyond recognition. It was these loyal and original clients who insisted that we returned annually...

Business entrepreneur Kevin Parkin: Finalist to the top 100 manufacturing businessmen 2017, made four major references to Health and Safety (H&S) in his presentation to the Sheffield Manufacturers Group last week.

Mr Parkin, famous for turning around some large, hopeles...

Most manufacturers have problems trying to prevent their staff slowly developing Upper Limb Disorders (ULD’s) over time. Unfortunately as it’s generally not regarded as a critical safety issue, (where organisations tend to jump to attention immediately following an acc...

The NEBOSH General certificate, does take an upturn of employees applying when the economy gets the jitters (as experienced in 2010). It is understandable why staff take this course of action. The consequence of achieving this qualification greatly improves the standin...