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With proper preparation, emergencies can be handled quickly and efficiently. Having a plan is essential. The plan should include the following; How people will be alerted of the emergency when it occurs, paying special attention to times when there are not many people in the premises. This should be specific to the various possible emergencies so as not to cause confusion and panic. Outline the appropriate steps to be taken when the emergency occurs to seek assistance and to efficiently avoid [...]

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Charity volunteering has always been at the hearts of many people in UK. However, due to the increasing pressure from commitments, sometimes we find it hard to volunteer as much as we would like. Every organization usually has corporate social responsibility (CSR) targets that they hope to achieve at the end of each year. Spending a few hours volunteering at a local hospital or a food bank can serve many advantageous not only to an individual but to the [...]

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Date 21st September 2015 A UK based company; Berneslai Homes limited has been fined following a safety standard audit carried out by the HSE during the maintenance duty of council owned personal and domestic properties. The court was informed that HSE carried out the risk assessment following reports that an employee belonging to Berneslai Homes Ltd had been electrocuted while in the course of duty. According to the HSE finding the worker got an electric shock while he was busy [...]

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With the Health Safety and Environment(HSE), traveling while driving a vehicle and relative activities is one most risky work that all of us will carry out every day. However, there are different extents of the dangers. If your profession is one that comprise navigating deep waters, fish farming or getting up trees with chainsaws projecting outward, there will be a high risk involved here. For many people, jumping into vehicles and ensuring it works perfectly well is the riskiest [...]

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With the UK weather being so unpredictable it prompts that drivers have to be prepared for all weather conditions more especially that winter condition has started. Snow has become a distinctions possibility according to the HSE office January is expected to have temperatures going as low as -270c .Therefore drivers need to be aware of very heavy snow, it is for this reason that we have put together some top myths to give some top winter driving precautions tips [...]

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If you question anybody to state the most hazardous occupations they can figure out, often one is greeted with the usual similar old responses and answers. Racing of cars by the car drivers? Persons travelling in spacecraft? Bomb disposal professional? While it is so evident that this activity can be dangerous, it is a way of earning enough money to pay for everything one needs. Good health and safety statics from the HSE building indicate that a portion of [...]

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As we went through our worker’s agreement contract, when it involves improving health and protection output, many of the employers realize that the employee’s commitment is the key to best performance. The key feature in promoting production is making sure there’s good communication between the workers and employers. With this at hand, we have collected short writings explaining three of standard leading methods while going through the advantages and disadvantages of each considering the real facts based in the [...]

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The ban of using ladders on building sites by HSE This is not true; ladders can and are used in short heights as a practical option. Ladders are used when the use of other equipment and machinery is not allowed or justified. Ladders are a better option especially where the duration of work is short for example less than 30 minutes. Another reason why using of ladders is justified is instances in which the features of the workplace or site [...]

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With this prolonged period of abnormally hot weather probably going to happen, lots of people are changing focus to the Barbeque and others to the sandy shores of the ocean between high and low water marks. However who those individuals who will not have the chance to visit and still be committed at job place, it is necessary to have at hand the additional consequences the boiling conditions can bring about in the UK. What are the dangers? Lots of people [...]

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Despite company fires hardly occurring, when the do arise they can be so much stressing. To stop this from happening, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order 2005 started functioning commencing October 2006, carrying with it more than seventy different parts of the fire safety rules and regulations. The command states that a keen individual should take a fire protection risk research and put in practice and ensure to have a light management guide. In this plan which originated first [...]

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