7 Steps to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19
Follow these tips from the World Health Organization to keep yourself safe and help contain the spread of the virus. 1. Wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds.2. Avoid touching your face, eyes, mouth, and nose. 3. Avoid contact w …
Our Response to Covid-19
The Coronavirus pandemic has understandably created a lot of uncertainty and concern in all parts of business and across society as a whole. As a responsible health and safety training provider, we appreciate that the health, safety and welfare of your …
Employee fined £2000 for health and safety offences
We hear a lot about employers, even the odd company director, being prosecuted for health and safety offences but have you ever wondered if employees get convicted? Well, this is certainly a possibility. Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1 …
Picking up the ‘PEACEs’
There’s been an incident in your organisation, so what do you do? You could ignore it, but this probably won’t stop it from happening again, maybe with more serious consequences next time. Instead, you decide to conduct an investigation, but how would …
The trouble with an ‘Incident’
I often get asked about the terminology used in the world of health and safety at work – there’s a lot of it, and it can be confusing! We at Griffin Safety Training Limited like to think we can explain things in simple terms that all our delegates can …
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act – Are More Cases in the Pipeline?
It’s now just over 10 years since the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (The 2007 Act) became law. Despite the fact that over 13,000 work-related deaths are recorded annually in the UK (mostly due to ill health), there have so far …
Top Tips for Electrical Safety
According to ‘Electrical Safety First’, in 2015/16 1380 fatalities and injuries were caused by electrical fires – an average of 27 each week, or 4 a day. A total of 54.4% of fires in England and Wales are thought to have been caused by poor electrical …
It’s official – antidepressants do work. So that’s alright then.
A recent report published in the Lancet (21 February 2018) analysed data from 522 trials involving 116,477 people and concluded that 21 common antidepressants are more effective at reducing symptoms of acute depression than placebos, although some are …
Outstanding results from recent courses
We are very proud of our IOSH course delegates who have achieved the following excellent results for IOSH Managing Safely and IOSH Leading Safely: IOSH Managing Safely: 100% pass rate IOSH Leading Safely: 100% pass rate We are also happy to have receiv …
7 Top Tips for a Great Health & Safety Policy Statement
The Health and Safety Policy Statement, or ‘Statement of Intent’ as it is often known, forms the foundation for an organisation’s approach to managing health and safety at work. Just like with any building, if one gets the foundation right then whateve …