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New H&S Sentencing Guidelines – Are you ready?
New Sentencing Guidelines come into effect in February 2016. Is your business ready? The Sentencing Council’s new guidelines aim to ensure a consistent approach to health and safety, corporate manslaughter, and food safety and hygiene cases, and will lead to a more severe response to these cases, and potentially higher fines. Company directors who are […]
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Asbestos and the CDM 2015 Regulations
Due to the shift in responsibilities under the new CDM Regulations, there is a potential duty for the Principal Designer and the client to ensure that exposure to asbestos is being managed throughout a construction project. In the HSE guidance on the new CDM Regulations it places more explicit requirements on duty holders to follow […]
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A great Health and Safety career opportunity
We are currently looking for a Health and Safety Consultant to help service our expanding portfolio of clients. We need an enthusiastic, confident and self‐motivated individual, who is comfortable working unsupervised to deliver health, safety and fire consultancy services to clients from a wide range of sectors. Ideally, the candidate will be able to demonstrate that they: Are […]
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Dealing with Lead Paint – The Risks of Lead Exposure
In the last 20 years, a lot has been done in the UK to remove the risks from lead exposure, but there is still a significant amount of lead paint in older buildings. Up until the mid-1960s, lead was used to make some kinds of paint – for windows, doors and other woodwork, as well as for some metal items, like radiators. A few minor uses continued until the 1980s.
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It’s not always fun in the sun!
This year, IOSH is backing a campaign to raise awareness of occupational cancers. The No Time To Lose campaign is currently focusing on skin cancer, and they have recently published a study which reveals the number of people in the UK diagnosed with or dying from the deadliest form of skin cancer because of sun exposure at work. They […]
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We’re on the lookout…
We’re looking for a Fire Safety Consultant to join our growing team in Scotland. We believe in flexible working, so the role will be home-based and we will consider full or part-time options for the right person. Essential: Have a relevant Fire Safety qualification Hold membership of The Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) or similar […]
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Proposed changes to ISO14001
ISO14001:2004 is currently under review and although these changes are still at ‘draft’ stage it is likely they will come into effect in May 2015 (from when the transition period for organisations already holding certificates will begin); further details on the expected changes will be provided on the Amalgamate website as they come to light. […]
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OHSAS18001 is going international
OHSAS18001 is changing to become international standard ISO45001. The changes are currently under discussion but the proposed date for implementation is October 2016 (with an expected transition period of two to three years). Key Changes The main changes are expected to be: More emphasis on risk management; Involving, securing and demonstrating more engagement from senior […]
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CDM 2015 – Are you prepared for the proposed changes?
As many of you will be aware, there are changes being proposed to the Construction (Design and Design) Management Regulations in 2015. These significant changes to CDM will have implications to those involved in the design process and will affect how you are currently managing projects. The proposed changes include the removal of the CDM […]
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The Dangers of Diesel
IOSH has been trying to raise awareness of the dangers of diesel fumes. The fumes are carcinogenic, and it is estimated that every year 650 people die in the UK (and 4,500 in Europe) from lung or bladder cancers that they cause. Some facts Diesel fumes contain 10 times more soot particles than petrol fumes, […]
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