Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) Testing
Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) Testing Workplaces can be dangerous and hazardous places, so maintaining high safety levels is vital for the wellbeing of your employees. All companies will have their own procedures in place to manage risks and ensure that their workers...
Health and Safety in Bakeries
Health and Safety in Bakeries The smell of fresh bread in the morning evokes feelings of wellbeing and happy memories, so you would be forgiven for not immediately associating a bakery as a hazardous place to work. However, bakeries can be full of potential risks to...
Exposure to Bioaerosols and Hazardous Airborne Substances at Waste Handling Sites
Exposure to Bioaerosols and Hazardous Airborne Substances at Waste Handling Sites The UK has seen an increase in the processing of municipal waste as the Government drives forward with its Circular Economy Package. The plans include “a target to recycle 65% of...
Mitigating the Risk of Silica Dust in Quarries
Mitigating the Risk of Silica Dust in Quarries One of the greatest dangers to workers’ health in quarries is the dust known as respirable crystalline silica (RCS). Anyone operating or managing a quarry is therefore required, under HSE Regulation, to reduce the...
Carcinogens at Work
Carcinogens at Work Any substance that is capable of causing or aggravating cancer in humans or animals is labelled a carcinogen. Some of these substances are inhaled, others enter through the skin or mucous membranes. Carcinogenic substances cause cancer by directly...
Occupational Asthma – A Guide
A guide to Occupational Asthma Occupational asthma is a lung condition caused by exposure to inhaled irritants in the workplace. This type of asthma can be developed working in a range of industry sectors. As an employer, it is your legal responsibility to protect...
Contact Dermatitis: What is it and How Can the Risk Be Mitigated?
Occupational Contact DermatitisThis article provides guidance to support employers in their efforts to protect workers from occupational contact dermatitis.It offers a general overview of activities and substances that may cause harm and identifies...
Reducing The Risk of UV Light In the Workplace
Reducing The Risk of UV Light In the WorkplaceUV light is all around us, occurring naturally from sunlight, and applied artificially in commercial, industrial, and healthcare settings.This article is intended to raise awareness of the dangers of...
The Importance of Regular LEV System Maintenance as a Control Measure of COSHH
Local Exhaust VentilationThis article offers guidance to employers and others who operate and maintain Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems. The objective of LEV System Maintenance is to make certain that LEV systems, designed to reduce the risk of human exposure...
Ventilation in the Workplace
Ventilation In The WorkplaceThe latest guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) encourages businesses to consider ventilation in the workplace alongside other control measures in order to limit transmission of COVID-19 aerosol particles in the...
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