The HSE has updated two publications dealing with first aid at work. The revisions focus on expanding and simplifying the existing guidance and are not in response to any change in the law or what is required to comply with the law. ‘First aid at work: guidance on regulations’ concerns the regulations and requirements for first aid in work … Read More
Government Publishes High Rise Evacuation Guidelines for Fire and Rescue Services
New guidance designed to assist fire and rescue services in undertaking and supporting full and partial evacuations from high-rise residential buildings has been published by the Home Office. While this guidance is aimed at the Fire and Rescue Services, it will also be of interest to anyone involved in designing or managing high-rise buildings. The guidance sets out nine … Read More
FASET Issue Rooflight Safety Net Bulletin
The Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training Association, FASET, and the Rooflight Association have created a joint safety bulletin to highlight the limitations and potential dangers of safety nets. Safety nets are designed to absorb the energy of an individual falling and minimise the potential injuries they may suffer. Recently, safety nets have increasingly been used as a method of … Read More
EHRC Launch Menopause in the Workplace Guidance
A new set of guidelines published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is intended to help employers understand their legal obligations in regard to supporting employees with menopausal symptoms. The guidance follows research by the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, which found that 67% of working women between 40 and 60 who were experiencing menopausal symptoms … Read More
New And Updated High Rise Building Safety Guidance
The Building Safety Act 2022 has seen significant changes to the regulatory environment, in particular for high-rise residential buildings. This has seen the introduction of new roles such as accountable persons and principle accountable persons, with new responsibilities such as registering buildings and maintaining a golden thread of building safety information, and new rights for residents. Without official guidance, … Read More
New Awareness Campaign Targets Residents Of High-Rise Buildings
The Building Safety Regulator recently launched a new campaign to raise awareness among residents of high-rise buildings of the rights that they have under the Building Safety Act. For this Act, high-rise residential buildings are defined as those that have at least two residential units and are either 7 storey or 18 metres high. The campaign explains the roles … Read More
Updated Guidance for the Inspection of Steel Chimneys
The Association of Technical Lighting and Access Specialists, ATLAS, has published revised guidance regarding the inspection of industrial steel chimneys. This is designed to provide general guidance on good practice to organisations with responsibility for inspecting and maintaining steel chimneys and builds upon the previous guide published in 2017. Industrial steel chimneys are used in a wide range of industries … Read More
Free Mental Health E-Learning For Employers Launched
In November 2021, the HSE launched their Working Minds campaign to tackle mental health issues in the workplace. Alongside promoting mental health issues, the campaign includes a dedicated website with resources for employers. Recently, a new free e-learning tool was launched as part of the campaign. The tool is split into six short modules designed to guide employers through what … Read More
Top Of The Charts For Work Related Ill Health
Figures recently released by the HSE show that 1.8 million workers were suffering from new or long-standing work-related health problems, leading to an estimated 31.5 million lost working days. These figures include 672,000 new cases of work-related ill health in 2022/23. Stress, anxiety, and depression were the most common types of ill health, with 875,000 sufferers representing 49% of all … Read More
Top Of The Charts For Work Related Injury
Figures recently released by the HSE show that 60,645 non-fatal work-related injuries were reported by employers under the RIDDOR regulations in 2022/23. Only certain injuries and incidents are reportable under these regulations, and the Labour Force Survey estimates that a total of 561,000 workers suffered a non-fatal workplace injury in the same period. In addition, 135 workers died as a … Read More