There are many different types of forklift trucks, but the majority all share a range of common hazards and safety measures. Today, we are going to look at the safety measures and what you can do to reduce the chance of an accident occurring on your site.
Category Archives: Health & Safety News
Avoiding or minimising manual handling risks
Today we are looking at how to avoid or minimise manual handling risks. The law requires that employers avoid manual handling wherever possible.
DSEAR Guidance
With the large explosion that rocked Beirut in Lebanon recently, the storage of dangerous substances is quite rightly at the forefront of many peoples attention right now. Nobody wants to see anything like this happen again.
Easing of border controls could lead to increase in crime
Any easing of border controls to help boost the economy post-Brexit could make the UK an even more attractive destination for illicit goods and drugs, an expert has warned.
Stress Guidance
With stress & mental health vitally important right now, we have put together the below stress guidance notes to help you navigate the complexities that most organisation’s are currently facing. Stress is not a disease, but a natural reaction to pressure.
COVID19 Workplace Guidance
We all want to keep our workplace and our staff safe and clean right now. With that in mind the HSE have put out the following very useful information that we follow and will be instilling in all of our clients. We highly recommend that you also follow this, if you arent already.
Display Screen Equipment Guidance
Use of Display Screen Equipment (DSE) or computers and keyboards is a common workplace activity that has several associated ill-health issues. These include:
Driving at work guidance
Today we are looking at the issue of driving a vehicle on the public highway for work, in particular a company car. Road safety should be treated as simply another duty of a businesses health & safety.
Safe disposal of face masks
Here at Eley Consultancy Ltd we have been asked a fair bit over the last few weeks about to how safely dispose of face masks. So we have put the following information together to help those out there that are looking for a little clarification on this issue.
Safe movement of vehicles
When vehicles move around in workplaces they are a hazard to pedestrians, to other vehicles and to the driver. Today we are looking at what control measures you can put in place at your workplace to improve the safe movement of vehicles.