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Hi All,

Does anyone enforce a forklift key sign in/out system at their sites?

I know its not a legal requirement, what's the benefit of signing in and out the keys?

Thank you

I'm wanting to do some lunch and learns for both UK and US offices, does anyone have any topic suggestions for good and useful topics?

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Hi There,

The question I'd like your help with is in regards to lone working, our company has offsite storage and some engineers stop to collect items on their way to work ... is this classified as lone working? And if so, what can I do to address the risks?

Thank you.

How to you ensure all employees have read and understood RA's?

Do you have them printed in a big folder, online? Training? Sign offs?

And in particular if you work for a multisite international company I'd love to know how you do this.

I work for an international company, started looking after the UK and EU offices and now I've been asked to start increasing the health and safety disability across the pond in our US offices (where our head office is) .. between the UK's H&S culture, and the US - how can I introduce safety to t...

Many thanks Wendolene26 - I'll await your message.

We are seeking a one-off consultation service for a process review including COSHH assessment to introduce a new solution to our research lab, for wet etch deprocessing of manufactured devices. We typically use other industry standard etchant chemicals but are unfamiliar with this particular prepara...

Hi All,

Random question raised internally ... we are an international company and the question is; will US located and US citizen employees under a UK company contract be subject to UK H&S Law?

Hi All Looking for help from those of you who have launched global health and safety management software solutions - I'd love your advice, 'must do's' and any lessons learned.

Hi :wave: Has anyone ever come across - either in China, or internationally - an evacuation ABSEIL system?! We are conducting an audit in our China offices, and I've never heard or seen anything like this .scratch ... help! See image attached. You open, or break the window and attach yourself to the...

Hi All, We are a global company, and I've recently found out that our head office - in Texas, US - has a stock of non-prescription drugs available, in the first aid box .scratch Now, no matter how I seem to phrase, demand or put across my point that we shouldn't be doing this :evil: .... I can't see...

Hello, I have a question regarding events risk assessments and our responsibilities. We host a number of onsite 'happy hours' and external 'Summer Party' offsite events - such as the zoo, water parks etc. What are the responsibilities in regards to health and safety? I understand that a risk assessm...