July 2007 saw a smoking ban introduced in the UK with the previous Government promising a review in Autumn 2010. Recently, the newly formed coalition Government has scrapped the smoking ban review much to the discontent of many club and pub owners. When it was introduced in 2007, all workplaces were required by law to [...]

With the first snow of the year now here many parents will be dreading the treacherous walk or drive to work, whilst the kids will be itching to get outdoors to fling snowballs and build snowmen. However some of the kids will be heading to the local park and sitting on anything from a dust [...]

As we all head towards the end of 2009 company directors should be giving their Health and Safety Managers a pat on the back for their continued good work. As reported in a previous post Britain is now one of the safest places to work in Europe. Even though all this good work has been [...]

This time of year we actually enjoy going to work, employees walking around with smiles on their face’s whistling and singing Christmas carols. Christmas songs being blasted out across the airwaves as Directors and office staff walk through the factory talking to everyone, there is a joyful mood in every workplace, although much of this [...]

Thankfully Health and Safety is taken seriously in this country, although listening to some we take it too far, do we? Over the last few months we have been looking at some of the weird and wonderful antics of people trying their best to protect themselves, from not just our country but others from around [...]

It has been reported in the media that hairdressers have to put under tighter controls when it comes to training and handling of dangerous chemicals such as peroxide and bleaches. Although there are guidelines that are set out by the Health and Safety Executive in Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH SR11) [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]