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well i sort of won the battle, he said that he needed to reduce the amount being spent on occupational health, because if it continued he would have to lay people off (yep blackmail) but he agreed that he would ensure we were compliant. he also said that he has been talking to somebody and apparentl...

Unfortunately this type of pig headed attitude towards health and safety is common. At my place of work we are having some new modular offices being installed next month, have i been informed? No because according to my CEO: CDM, working at height, confined spaces, traffic segregation, fire loading...

hi we also use the traffic light system, HSE calculator, HAVi monitors are used regulary by all employees who use power tools, (i even monitor low risk tools as i was informd by HSE that technical data is known to be inaccurate) and i also issue surveillance questionnaires on a regular basis to asce...

sorry ive only just seen this, yes PM me your email address and i will send a copy

Hi The company I work for have never had any controls in place to reduce the HAV risk until Nov when I implemented policys, procedures and control measures such as surveillance questionnaires, referral to occ health, monitoring, traffic light warning system and job rotation. Due to the questionnaire...

Hi Thunderchild
i have a liftplan for Overhead crane i can send you if you still need it? PM me your email address and i will email you the template.

hi we recently had a case of CTS diagnosed and on receipt of the official diagnosis, the employee was removed from his role and placed in a new position which does not require power tool use. i have been contacted by the HSE as they require further information and one of the things they have asked f...

Thank you Andy
I have raised this with the CEO today and he is going to rectify the situation. He has said he will remove all FLT/Plant from the motor fleet insurance and insure under Plant insurance and if our current providers wont work with us we are going elsewhere!

i to encourage full reporting, i had a case where an employee knocked his knuckle, very small cut and he didnt want to report it because he thought it was nothing and thought he was wasting my time (but he did comply) 2 days later it became very infected and he spent 6 weeks in hospital and had 3 op...

i did the same thing in Decemeber, due to the fact staff dont have internet i wrote the survey to suit our enviroment and deliberately made it anonymous. i was shocked at the results, our employee's have a very poor view of the companies attitude towards H&S and Senior/middle managers attitude t...

Hi hope somebody can help? (I apologise for the long post) I received notification today that I was required to undertake DVLA checks on all FLT operators, when I questioned why (due to fact it is not a legal requirement to hold a driving licence to operate a FLT) I was informed that it was required...

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