Its official, from April 2008 till March 2009 Britain is now one of the safest places to work in the EU. Statistics just released have shown that less people have been killed or been off work from work related injuries or ill heath than in previous years. Last year in Scotland, England and Wales just [...]

Many designers and marketers have their own concept on how health and safety signage should look, some take practical measures while some try and make you laugh, gasp or even cringe but one thing they all have in common is that you pay attention to Health and Safety. 1. This picture may make you cringe [...]

As the autumn turns into winter we can start to see and hear its effects all around as people next to us start sweating, coughing and sneezing, in recent years this was tolerated as people had to get to work. In today’s society this is not acceptable, swine flu is not a virus that has [...]

As we are all aware by the end of this month the clocks will go back 1 hour and before long we can all expect to be going to work and returning home in the dark, winter is here! The winter weather brings its own set of problems to people travelling to and from their [...]

Each week we at Think Safety Signs will be looking at the weird and wonderful world of people’s attempts at Health and Safety, whether it is the unique way they produce their signage to catch people’s attention to a specific cause or just their stupidity and total disregard for their own or their employee’s safety. [...]

For hundreds of years people from all parts the world have been enjoying successful firework displays, we all seem to love the colours and then the explosion. People in Britain seem to love it more than most – as it’s a reminder of times gone past, it’s part of our history. However, there is an [...]

Over the last few months many of our countries firms, directors and school governors have been fined for failing to ensure that health and safety regulations have been upheld. Health and Safety is not just a title given to certain people to make them feel important, this is a real responsibility with real consequences if [...]

In today’s work and social culture we are required to do more and more in less time, this all has a knock on effect and can often lead to stress in the workplace. Stress comes in many different forms and can affect people in various ways. Did you know that? Work related stress causes the [...]

With Halloween and then Christmas soon on our doorsteps, some bosses have already sent out memos banning decorations from being displayed in offices and factories using the health and safety umbrella as an excuse. The fact is there are no laws regarding decorations. When erecting decorations however there are a few factors that have to [...]

We are all aware that some people take health and safety far too seriously and try to ruin people’s fun and activities, while hiding under the health and safety umbrella. Health and safety is there not to take the excitement out of certain activities but to make them safe as possible. As some of the [...]