A phoenix from the ashes – and certainly a welcome break for all After a fire destroyed Welcome Break’s Fleet Services in December 2016, the motorway service operator developed a vision to rebuild the facility, inspired by the surrounding tree-lined landscape. The project has now been completed, and the new Fleet Services opened for business […]
Your extra responsibilities for employee wellbeing While the responsibility for health and safety in your workplace falls on all shoulders – including your employees – as an employer you have a ‘duty of care’ toward you employees and visitors. This principle can be used to establish fault where firms are sued for workplace injuries, providing […]
Avoid costly accidents with a COSHH risk assessment Picture the scene: a worker is doing a job that is undertaken every day in your company. Cleaning. They are using a chemical, which others have always used to do this job. Half an hour later, you find the employee collapsed in a pool of the chemical. […]
Workplace accident prevention strategies to eliminate fatalities The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published the workplace fatality statistics for 2017/18. These showed an alarming rise to 144 deaths at work for the 12 months to March 2018, compared to 135 deaths in the previous 12-month period to March 2017. That’s almost three deaths per […]
