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 [...]

Level crossings are a point where road and rail meet, these present many dangers to the people who cross then everyday, whether you are walking, cycling or driving across – the user has to be very vigilant. Thousands of users do this every day with no problem but for a few it has to become [...]

The ladder exchange campaign run by the Health and Safety Executive will be running this year from September 1st 2009 till 31st of December 2009. Better known as ‘Shattered Life’s‘ this campaign will allow companies to exchange damaged, bent or broken ladders at approved retailers for a very competitive rate. In the last 2 years [...]

We all love the fairground, theme parks and adventure holidays but what happens when things go wrong? On Tuesday 11th of August 2009 one of the cars on the Big Dipper at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach stopped working around 20ft in the air, causing the other to run into the back of it, there were 32 [...]

When we hear the words health and safety we automatically think spoilsports and loads of paperwork, “its not for me”. Well health and safety is there to protect employees, neighbours, members of the public and YOU the employer. Under the new corporate manslaughter law the directors and management are now accountable for any deaths that [...]

There is a buzz of excitement at the school today, they are all heading to the beach for a ‘school trip’ 37 children all heading to what hopes is an informative fun day. How do we ensure that all the children return? A proper risk assessment has to be completed on all the dangers. On [...]

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act was passed in 2007. The passing of this act means that companies and organisations can now be held responsible for serious failures and gross mismanagement to health and safety. Although this act come into force in 6 April 2008, companies are still ignoring the consequences. In September 2008 [...]

On march of this year the HSE done in intensive inspection of construction sites. After all the hype about health and safety some companies still find health and safety a ‘joke’. There findings are quite surprising, 1 in 5 companies and 1 in 5 sites were running below an acceptable standard. The inspectors felt that [...]

Tanning salons are constantly coming under pressure from organisations such as Cancer Research and the Department of Health. Generally at this time of year people are getting ready for their annual holidays, and in some cases this means a trip to their local tanning salon. With the rising number in confirmed cases of skin cancer [...]

Swine flu is the strain of influenza that has been responsible for the deaths of more than 150 people* it has now been reported in Mexico, United States, Canada, Spain and now Scotland. This virus is spreading fast, sources say this pandemic will reach most countries very fast. Most of the travel companies have now [...]