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A Guide to Manual Handling and Lifting Techniques

If you lift a heavy object carelessly you can end up pulling muscles or even worse, suffer long-term damage to your back or upper limbs....

A Guide to Working With VDUs - Visual Display Units

A VDU (also known as a VDT or DSE) is the accepted term for the monitor screen used with most computer or workstations. Long-term use of...

Dangers of Dust in the Workplace

Excessive dust in the workplace can be highly dangerous on a number of levels. Firstly, although it’s rare, a cloud of concentrated dust is potentially combustible...

Eyes & Ears Protection in the Workplace

Eyes and ears can suffer from many different types of injury or other condition as the result of prolonged work in a specific environment or...

Have Your Electrical Items Been PAT Tested?

All portable appliances used in the workplace need to be inspected at regular intervals to check that they are safe to use. PAT (portable...

Kitchen Workplace Safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for enforcing commercial catering health and safety regulations which can cover a wide ranging spectrum of...

Professional Window Cleaning Safety

Professional window cleaning can be a very precarious occupation, especially given the fact that falls from height are one of the biggest causes of workplace deaths...

Safety for Restaurant Workers

Restaurant workers face four main safety risks: dermatitis, accidents with knives, musculosketal disorders, and slips and trips. Dermatitis One of the...

Safety Preparation in the Event of Terrorism

Here in the UK, we will all be familiar with the aftermath of terrorist activity even if this is only through the media. However, it’s important...

Safety When Working with Glass

We all know that any occupation which involves working with glass needs to be carried out very carefully. From glass ornament makers to bottling plants, glass has...

Staying Safe When Handling Cash

If you regularly handle large amounts of cash – in a shop or trade centre for example – you should reduce your vulnerability by following strict security pr...

The Importance of Adequate Breaks Throughout a Working Day

By law, we are all entitled to adequate breaks throughout our working day. These will differ both in frequency and the ‘types’ of breaks we get...

The Risks to Hair Salon Workers: Dermatitis

Around seven out of every 10 hair stylists will suffer from work-related dermatitis at some point in their working life – and in severe cases it...

Ventilation in the Workplace

Depending upon the environment in which you work, you can be exposed to many different hazards in the workplace which could cause serious injury to your feet which is...

Ventilation in the Workplace

Ventilation in the workplace is covered under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 which states that workplaces need to be adequately...