March 2021 | 2 min read
Dynamic Risk Assessment: Take 5 For Health And Safety
View Take Five for Health and Safety: Dynamic Risk Assessment on YouTube Jackie Cambridge from Cambridge Safety gives a whistle-stop tour around the essentials of dynamic risk assessments. These are used as a tool for employers to support the risk assessments completed under the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations. They are completed […]
March 2021 | 2 min read
Taught Courses Now Via Zoom During Lockdown
We are still running a majority of our taught NEBOSH certificate and diploma tutorials but due to the restrictions we have converted these to Zoom sessions. You still have the benefit of live tutorials and break out exercises with other students. Plus additionally you have a number of resources available at any time to watch, […]
March 2021 | 2 min read
Fragile Roof Fatality
A roofer was fatally injured when he fell six metres whilst working on a replacement roof at a property in Kirkdale, Liverpool. Liverpool Crown Court heard how, on 22 May 2017, the roofer was completing snagging work on a replacement roof. The worker had accessed a part of the old roof made of fragile asbestos […]
March 2021 | 1 min read
H&S Statistics 2019 / 2020
Headline Figures Below are some of the key workplace health and safety figures from 2019/2020. 1.6 million working people suffering from a work-related illness 2,446 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2018) 111 workers killed at work 693,000 working people sustain an injury at work according to the Labour Force Survey 65,427 injuries to […]
March 2021 | 2 min read
Sawmill Prosecution
A sawmill company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when a lift conveyor collapsed on top of him. Hereford Crown Court heard how, on 20 December 2017, two employees were working below a lift conveyor at Pontrilas sawmill in Hereford to remove wood debris. The machine had been experiencing a fault, which […]
March 2021 | 1 min read
HSE Inspections Go Ahead
The Health and Safety Executive is carrying out spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses in all areas to ensure they are COVID secure. They are making calls to give expert advice on how to manage the risks and protect workers, customers and visitors. They are also working closely with local authorities, assisting […]
March 2021 | 7 min read
Lone Working And COVID
The Health and Safety Executive defines lone workers as those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision. Lone working is prohibited in some work situations and activities where regulation specifies requirements for supervision, assistance or accompanied working if work is hazardous or involves certain categories of workers. Lone working can bring additional risk, […]
January 2021 | 3 min read
Take 5 for Health and Safety: Introduction to ISO 45001
Are you looking for an accredited Health and Safety management standard for your business? Look no further – in this week’s Take 5 video, we’re discussing ISO 45001 and how this can help show your customers and employees that you are serious about health and safety. It can also make administering health […]
December 2020 | 2 min read
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Look out for our Take Five for Health and Safety – a series of bitesize videos on one specific aspect of Health and Safety at work which will take no more than 5-10 minutes to watch. We will share one short video every month with a focus on a specific aspect of H&S or […]
December 2020 | 14 min read
Traffic Management Plans
Traffic in the workplace can involve either pedestrians, vehicles, or both. The majority of accidents related to work- place transport involve people: being hit or run over by moving vehicles, falling from vehicles, being struck by objects falling from vehicles or being injured as a result of vehicles collapsing or overturning. Vehicle Arrival and Departure […]
December 2020 | 3 min read
Diving Accidents
Diver trapped in sluice tunnel A diver was removing a stop log from inner lock gates as part of a job to reopen locked docks. He had completed about six metres of a vertical cut when it became difficult, and he thought he had hit concrete. Telling his supervisor, he left his basket to inspect […]
December 2020 | 2 min read
A Very Merry Safe Christmas From Everyone at Cambridge Safety!
Most organisations including HSE and local councils manage to put up their decorations, celebrating the spirit of Christmas without a fuss. They just sensibly provide their staff with suitable step ladders to put decorations rather than expecting staff to balance on wheelie chairs. Christmas is a special time of year. Even so, it doesn’t stop […]
