What is a Risk Assessment?
What is a Risk Assessment. Read Our Free Guide: A risk assessment is a systematic examination of a task, job or process that you carry out at work.
What is a Risk Assessment. Read Our Free Guide: A risk assessment is a systematic examination of a task, job or process that you carry out at work.
This guidance outlines the key parts of the Manual handling of loads regulation and its related Schedule and it aims to give a better understanding of the risk factors associated with manual handling.
The purpose of this short guide is to provide information to the reader on the subject of Ergonomics. A number of factors play a role in Ergonomics; these include body posture and movement.
Workplace violence occurs where people, in the course of their employment, are aggressively verbally abused, threatened or physically assaulted.
The guidelines describe occupational dermatitis and the substances which cause it. They also give good practical advice on complying with health and safety legislation including the carrying out of a Risk Assessment.
Any employee, while at work, must ensure that he or she is not under the influence of an intoxicant where the extent of the intoxication could endanger his or her own safety, health or welfare at work or that of any other person present.
The aim of these guidelines is to make working drivers more aware of the main health issues that may affect them and, consequently, to improve their ability to drive safely.
Driving for work involves a risk not only for drivers, but also for fellow workers and members of the public such as pedestrians and other road users who share the road space. People who drive for work have a higher collision rate than the general driving population, even after their higher mileages are taken into…
This guide is to assist you to understand the requirements set out in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations. It explains why accident and dangerous occurrence reporting is required, what is reportable, what is not reportable, who should make the report and how the report should be…
Vehicle related slips, trips and falls (STFs) are a leading cause of worker injury. Workers who drive or work with trucks and vans are most affected.