Noise – Health and Safety
Noise Noise – Health and Safety. Loud noise at work can damage your hearing. This usually happens gradually and it may only be when the damage caused by noise combines with hearing loss due to ageing...
View ArticleManual Handling in the workplace
Identifying the Dangers of Manual Handling in the Workplace Lifting and carrying objects are among the main causes of accidents in the British workplace, but with some care and diligence most of these...
View ArticleHealth and Safety Laws
Health and Safety Laws – What you need to Know All workers have a right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Health and safety is about stopping you getting...
View Articlerisk assessment checklist
Managing risks in your business risk assessment checklist – You must manage the health and safety risks in your workplace. To do this you need to think about what, in your business, might cause harm...
View ArticleGovernment cuts red tape for work experience students
GK First Aid summarises the Government changes to reduce excessive health and safety assessments for work experience students. The information was published by the Cabinet Office on 21 June 2013. GK...
View ArticleBecoming an Ofsted Registered Child Minder
Interested in Becoming an Ofsted Registered Child Minder? Becoming an Ofsted Registered Child Minder – you need to contact your local authority. Remember, if you work as a childminder without being...
View ArticleHealth and Safety Executive target Businesses to recoup money
Under a new set of rules the Health and Safety Executive are looking to recoup money from non-compliant companies who breach Health and Safety rules in the United Kingdom. By 2014 the Health and Safety...
View ArticleHealth and Safety in the recycling industry
Health and Safety in the recycling industry – In 2012, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) told the waste and recycling industry to “renew efforts to improve worker safety”, following a string of...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak hits Jersey
More than 60 people on Jersey have developed symptoms of salmonella in the past week in a suspected outbreak.The food poisoning can last up to seven days and can be very serious for young people, the...
View ArticleAsbestos – The facts
Facts about Asbestos Breathing in asbestos fibres can damage your lungs. Find out about the risks, how to avoid asbestos and what to do if you think you might have been exposed. Diseases from exposure...
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