Fire Safety Videos made and branded for you

Our great new fire video has been produced for one of our social housing clients to promote fire safety with its tenants!

The Home Fire Safety Vid provides both shocking scenes and fantastic fire safety advice.. 

To get your own version contact our office and ask for a preview.. You won't be disappointed.
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HSE Myth Busting a Huge Success

Health and Safety Myths

Following 3 weeks of promoting with clients the myth busting articles from the HSE we have seen huge improvements in the attitude of health and safety within businesses.

The voice of reasonable response to health and safety myths has enabled a degree of credibility to the majority of sensible health and safety actions.

Whilst many of the myths are just laughable, they are in actual fact very dangerous to workplace safety.

With the blame of these myths being placed at the door of the Managers, Directors and Boards of businesses not to mention the professionals working in the industry, it's little wonder why people would get the 'speed hump'.

"Eliminate Eliminate Eliminate..."

Those knee jerk reaction health and safety decisions, some of which resemble the Darlek's in Dr Who (or was that exterminate? :)), are probably the result of a misguided attempt at a hierarchy of control or a fear of repercussions of getting it wrong.

In some cases many just don't quite understand the implications of decisions and feel that banning some everyday tasks is more appropriate.

Perhaps with the success of this panel many will begin to consider risk assessment again, and we will see less of the mindless robots chasing Dr Who to do one!

Thank you HSE and the panel for providing an excellent service in this work.

Are you lost in the Tardis

Contact: 08458350199 

Visit: www.constructionsafe.co.uk 

For more information about H&S Myths please visit:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/

HSE Focus 2013 / 2014

July 2013

HSE Focus on Small Sites over Next Year

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its programme of work for 2013/14 which will see it prioritising its inspection effort on small sites, asbestos removal work and refurbishment projects. 

Over the next 12 months, the HSE will increase its inspection rate of small sites from 30% to 35% of all sites visited as well as take forward its work on revising the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and simplifying health and safety information for businesses.

The specific risk areas that HSE will be focusing on include:

• Fragile roofs
• Fireplaces
• Roof tile cutting
• Health risks in paving and block 
• Lifts in buildings 
• Temporary Demountable Structures
• Fire (timber frame structures).

The programme also sets out what the industry can expect when an HSE Inspector visits a site which will include assessments of:

• Working at height
• Asbestos risks
• Provision of welfare facilities
• Site conditions
• Respiratory risks and adequacy of PPE use
• Leadership of health and safety on site
• Management of health risks 
• Worker involvement in health and safety
• Contractor competence 
• Temporary works.

Get more information on how you can manage safety from Construction Safety UK on 0845 835 0199 or at www.constructionsafe.co.uk 

If you are a small business you can get a free management system for safety on site at www.safetybank.co.uk