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You Can’t Contract Out Health & Safety Responsibilities

You Can’t Contract Out Health & Safety Responsibilities
Regular news updates from the HSE give health and safety professionals a growing case history of precedents for unacceptable working practices,...

Incomplete Permit to Work Puts Contractor in the Dock

Incomplete Permit to Work Puts Contractor in the Dock
Time and time again, companies find themselves in the dock facing significant fines because their own Health and Safety processes aren't being...

Updated Ladder Safety Guidance underlines importance of inspections

Updated Ladder Safety Guidance underlines importance of inspections
Falls when working at height remain the most common kind of workplace fatality, accounting for around a quarter of all worker deaths and 8% of all...

Pallet Truck Inspection Requirements under LOLER and PUWER

Pallet Truck Inspection Requirements under LOLER and PUWER
Historically there has been some confusion over whether LOLER and PUWER regulations apply to manual and powered hand pallet trucks. PUWER and LOLER...

A Fair Hearing for Paper

A Fair Hearing for Paper
Paper plays an important role in the SG World story. We use it to produce safety and compliance solutions such as visitor passes, inspection...

Know exactly where your assets are physically located using an icon based map

Know exactly where your assets are physically located using an icon based map
Many schools handle asset management using a spreadsheet or possibly multiple spreadsheets that get increasing complex making it difficult to answer...

In the News: Failure to isolate power results in significant injuries and £10K costs

In the News: Failure to isolate power results in significant injuries and £10K costs
A farmer has been sentenced after a worker suffered multiple injuries after becoming entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester.

How Asset Management Software helps the School Facilities Manager

How Asset Management Software helps the School Facilities Manager
When you think of school asset management software you probably think in terms of managing and tracking your IT equipment, software licences and...

5 Questions to ask when researching School Asset Management Software

5 Questions to ask when researching School Asset Management Software
What types of assets does your school want to include? Schools typically have hundreds, even thousands of assets that all play a part in educating...