On the 25th of December most of the world will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the festivities will be widespread and each will be celebrating it in their own particular way, some will be partying the night away while others will be having family and friends round for dinner. This year there will be [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Micro organisms are present around most of us most of the time, most are harmless to humans. The fact is most are beneficial to the human race, they make about 50% of the oxygen we breath, make medicines for us and even help break up oil spills that we are responsible for. However its not [...]

On May the 12th 2009 a little 2 year old boy walked across a busy fairground from the bouncy castle to the ‘Go- Gator’ ride, where he sustained substantial head injuries, he was unfortunately pronounced dead at hospital. The accident happened at Manning’s fun fair, Ducketts Common in Haringey. Although the HSE and the local [...]