Can employees sue you if they catch COVID at work? The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s head of advice and practice, Duncan Spencer, discusses the legal liabilities employers face in the wake of COVID-19.
Category Archives: Health & Safety News
Latest REACH News
On Monday 19 October The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Statutory Instrument (SI) was laid before Parliament. This instrument will:
Cyber Security Guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently released new guidance on how to improve your businesses cyber security. Businesses will benefit from a revamped version of a popular guide telling them how to stay safe online that has been published in October 2020 by cyber experts.
COVID-19 Workplace Safety
WIth the web and social media awash with COVID-19 news, its often hard to narrow in on exactly what you are looking for. With that in mind, here at Eley Consultancy Ltd we thought we would put together the following 7 simple steps to keep your workplace a safe environment:
Controlling combustible and flammable materials
Combustible materials (such as paper, cardboard and wood), flammable liquids (such as white spirit) and flammable gases (such as butane, propane & methane) are all potential fuels and should be stored, handled, transported & used with care if the fire risk that they present is to be controlled.
First aid during the COVID19 pandemic
The HSE has recently released new workplace guidance on how to deal with your first aid during the COVID19 pandemic. This guidance will help employers ensure first aiders are confident that they can help someone injured or ill at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fire Risk Assessment
A fire risk assessment if a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO) There are three main reasons for assessing and managing fire risks. These are to:
Power tool safety measures
Power tools in the workplace can be the cause of many a bad nights sleep for managers or supervisors. With certain power tools able to cause significant and life changing injuries, it is imperative that adequate safety measures are put in place.
Safe handling of hand tools
This week we are looking at both the hazards and how you can ensure the safe handling of hand tools in your workplace. Simple hand tools can cause injury through error, misuse or mechanical failure.
Work equipment safety measures
Work equipment safety measures. The use of the phrase ‘work equipment’ is in keeping with the definition used in the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)