Wood dust is known to cause serious health problems. Carpenters and joiners are four times more likely to suffer asthma than other UK workers. Hardwood dust is especially hazardous as it contains carcinogens known to cause cancer, in particular nasal cancer....
In our last article we looked at how the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is known to frown upon off-the-shelf manual handling training, and has branded it ‘a waste of time and money’. Having recently issued advice for employers on how to decide the help...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently announced that off-the-shelf manual handling training should become ‘a thing of the past’. The HSE has issued new musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) advice to help employers decide the type of help required to...
As we discussed in last month’s article, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is putting itself behind a campaign called Go Home Healthy. The HSE wants employers to do the right thing by their employers so that they can go home healthy every day. It is pushing...
Go Home Healthy is one of the Health and Safety Executive’s latest campaigns. The HSE believes that ‘everyone should go home healthy from work’ and says that employers should do the right thing by protecting the health of their workers. Its campaign...
The start of a New Year is a good time to think about refreshing your skills as a trainer, especially if you deliver training to colleagues or clients in the important areas of manual handling, people handling and evacuation chair operation. In our last post, we...
