The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts. This covers the period 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020. This report shows a fall in the number of fatal accidents with 11 deaths in the latest year (down from 13 the previous year), an 11% fall in the number of major injuries … Read More

PIB Risk Management’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic We are very conscious of the difficulties and concerns that many of our clients and contacts will be experiencing during the Coronavirus pandemic. We want to reassure our clients of the measures we have taken to ensure that we continue to provide a high level of client service. Our priority is to … Read More

Concerns have been raised about the safety of SMART motorways and following a recent review, the Government has announced a number of measures it intends to take to improve safety. But do you know how to use SMART Motorways correctly as a driver? Detailed guidance is provided by Highways England and can be found on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-drive-on-a-smart-motorway In this … Read More

Following concerns about driver safety in October 2019, the Government announced a review of SMART motorways. The findings of this review and the actions the government intends to take have now been published. The term SMART motorway covers three types of road: Controlled Motorways – like conventional motorways, these have a permanent hard shoulder but with added variable speed limits … Read More

The UK ceased being a member of the European Union on 1st February 2020 and has now entered a transition period due to run until 31st December 2020. So what does this mean for your health and safety responsibilities? While we are in the transition period the rules and regulations that cover health and safety will continue to apply and … Read More

Normally when you read an article about noise on these pages it will be about the dangers of too much noise, however sometimes a lack of noise can be even more dangerous. Concerns have been raised that vehicles powered by electric motors are too quiet and pose a risk to pedestrians who can’t hear them coming, in particular for pedestrians … Read More

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have launched a new free online service, that allows motorists to replace a lost, stolen or damaged MOT certificate via the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/replacing-lost-damaged-mot-certificate. In order to use the service you will need the vehicle’s registration and 11 digit vehicle logbook (VC5) reference number. Currently the service can be used to replace … Read More

The HSE recently launched their business plan for 2019/2020, this sets out what their key areas of work will be for the coming year.  Naturally the HSE has an overall objective to improve workplace health and safety, the business plan provides some extra detail as to how they intend to achieve this. Putting the “health” into health and safety the … Read More

Well done to everyone who got passed the headline. The UK’s exit from the EU is a topic that provokes strong emotions and many pages of text, but what will the actual impact on health and safety regulation be? To a large extent that will depend on what deal is finally agreed and you are recommended to regularly check relevant … Read More

We’d like to take the opportunity to thank all customers for their support throughout 2018.  Our opening hours over the festive period are as follows: Monday 24th December – 12.30pm close Thursday 27th December – Normal Hours Friday 28th December – Normal Hours Monday 31st December – 3pm close Wednesday 2nd January – Normal Hours resume If you require assistance … Read More