No one likes to get hurt especially while carrying out their work duties, most companies will try their best to prevent accidents from happening in the work place but what can they do if the employees don’t listen? Employers have a legal obligation to protect all their workers, they have to appoint Health and Safety [...]

When we have lots of rainfall this causes the ground to becomes saturated with water this then runs down to a river or a stream which swells and flows onto low flat ground, this amount of water can cause the smallest of streams to become a torrent of fast flowing water which can destroy crops, [...]

With the Christmas period fast approaching many companies will be taking on extra staff to help with various operations within their company, jobs like manufacturing, sorting, cleaning or even delivering, with many temporary (temp) workers only being required to work for an average of four to five weeks do they have any rights within that [...]

As our regular readers are aware we at Think Safety Signs take time out from the serious world of Health and Safety and on a Friday publish some images of people and companies that have no respect for their or anyone’s welfare. This week’s images show that while The Health and Safety Executive do site [...]

One of the most painful experiences there is, has to be the endurance of back pain, it just will not go no matter what you do, where you sit or where you lay, it is with you day and night. Most occurrences of back pain are not down to any disease it’s more likely to [...]

We all know that many disciplines for life begin at home, actions like cleanliness, good manners and health and safety. We show our children how to wash and stay clean and try our best to teach them what’s right and wrong. It is also our responsibility to make them as safe as possible while they [...]

There are some people in this country that think Health and Safety is a joke; they think that the HSE take things too far. The Health and Safety Executive only put in guidelines to help protect employees as well as employers, it is then down to individuals to complete a risk assessment of how a [...]

With nearly 11,000 people being seriously injured due to a slip, trip or a fall, companies have to do much more to protect their employees. Many health and safety managers simply go out a purchase work boots which say “slip-resistant” or “greater performance” so what do they actually mean, greater resistant to what? All safety [...]

This week saw the temperature fall to the lowest so far this year, with the temperature falling this can only mean one thing, (well apart from Halloween, bonfire night and the imminent arrival of Christmas) winter is here. Many construction, maintenance and engineering workers are required to work outdoors, so as an employer there are [...]

The gunpowder plot of 1605 which involved Guy Fawkes and thirty six barrels of gunpowder placed under the houses of parliament in an attempt to kill James 1 of England and most of the members of the aristocracy. This all went wrong and Guy Fawkes was hung, drawn and quartered. Since then it has always [...]