It’s Road Safety Week so we thought it would be relevant to close the week off with a topical blog focused on ensuring that you keep driver safety front of mind this Winter. Keeping your workforce safe is a priority and this extends to ensuring their safety whilst driving for work. When driving is part
Employee Safety Archives - Blue Square Safety
July 06, 2016 / accidents, CDM 2015, Employee Safety, Hazardous Conditions, Health and Safety, HSE, Live events, working at height, workplace incidents
Health and safety in the entertainment and events industry
Health and safety in the entertainment industry involves planning, managing and monitoring events to ensure that health and safety risks are neutralised to prevent the occurrence of accidents. No matter how large or small your event, it is essential that health and safety is taken into account early on in the planning stages and on a
June 27, 2016 / #HSWeek16, Construction, Employee Safety, Health and Safety, PPE, Product innovation, SHExpo
Innovation galore at the Safety & Health Expo
Last week we pledged our support for Health and Safety Week 2016. Our Twitter profile @BlueSquareUK sported its Twibbon and we committed to continue to inspire excellence in health and safety on an ongoing basis. On Tuesday we had a great day at the Safety and Health Expo at London’s Excel. One of the biggest highlights for us was
June 08, 2016 / Employee Safety, Fire Door Inspection Scheme, Fire Door Safety Week, Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Training, Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order, Smoke alarm
Most fires can be prevented: act now to reduce your risks
Most fires are preventable and prevention is certainly better than the consequences of a workplace fire. In 2005, a new fire safety law came in to replace more than 70 pieces of previous legislation. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, referred to as the Fire Safety Order or FSO, now places responsibility for fire safety
June 02, 2016 / Employee Safety, HSE, Ladder safety, Safe system of work, working at height, workplace incidents
BT fined: two employees seriously injured in ladder falls
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined £600k after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court heard how two British Telecommunications (BT) Open Reach engineers had been given a job at BT’s Darlington Automatic Telephone Exchange on April 1st, 2010. One of the engineers was installing a cable through
May 20, 2016 / Crane, Employee Safety, Health and Safety, Incident, Risk Assessments, workplace incidents
Recent crane collapses remind of their risks
Tower crane collapses have been in the news again recently. Cranes are a familiar sight on city skylines and are frequently used on construction sites. If not managed correctly, they pose a threat to employee and public safety. The biggest risks being their collapse and potential to drop their heavy or hazardous loads. On Monday,
May 12, 2016 / Blacklist Support Group, blacklisting, compensation, Construction industry, Employee Safety, trade unions, workplace incidents
Blacklisting case: An historic victory for construction trade unionists
In an historic victory for trade unionists, companies were ordered to pay in the region of £75 million in out of court settlements to workers following a long-running lawsuit over blacklisting. Those involved included construction giants Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinci Construction. Just two years ago
April 22, 2016 / asbestos, Construction, Employee Safety, Hazardous Conditions, HSE, workplace incidents, workplace safety
Deadly asbestos still present in millions of homes and buildings
Asbestos can be found in any building built before the year 2000 including houses, factories, offices, schools and hospitals. It is the cause of around 5,000 deaths every year and on average 20 trades people die every week from asbestos-related diseases (Source: HSE). If asbestos fibres are released and inhaled they can cause serious and fatal
April 15, 2016 / Construction, Employee Safety, pest control, Policy, Staff Handbook, workplace incidents
Workplace pest control is a must – especially on busy sites
The Sun recently reported that rats are getting bigger after a ‘Monster 2 ft super rat’ was found in Grimsby. Increasingly stories are hitting the press about larger than normal rats. Apparently they are gorging on high protein food found in bins. Putting these extreme examples aside, any pest infestation is a problem that needs