SAMS are happy to announce that our Asbestos Awareness Course is now available online! At this moment we are one of only three companies in the UK who are accredited by UKATA to offer online Asbestos Awareness Training.

Unlike at present, the HSE will be more intelligence led and as such they will mainly only call on those businesses where they have been made aware of a problem (e.g. RIDDOR report, information from other enforcement agencies etc). On attending, if the HSE Inspector identifies a material breach of safety regulations which requires the writing of a letter, issuing of an enforcement notice or prosecution, then the FII kicks in and the clock starts running

Health and Safety – nothing but common sense…

This case study shows how a simple measure like issuing staff with a padlock could save a life.

Last month part of the reason that the Prime Minister gave for the riots seen across the UK was an apparent lack of responsibility across society, of which the health and safety culture was part. In explaining this view he stated that: “There is an obsession with health and safety that has eroded people’s willingness [...]

Well Joe Blogs he’s a chippie, He works on building sites, He’s just about to drill a wall, When he saw a funny sight.   He see’s this big red sticker , That looked  a bit like this,           He calls his boss on over  who says,  “lets give this wall a miss.”   “‘cos [...]

The delivery of a safe working environment is paramount is a business is to be successful and of late there have been several examples of where organisations have not survived food poisoning outbreaks. At Safety & Management Solutions we offer a comprehensive training regime for food safety underpinned by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, [...]

Te HSE will be seeking to recoup their costs by levying a charge, currently being stated at £133 per hour on the Directors of the company subject of the visit, which may include travel and administration time and would be in addition to any costs associated to meet the requirements of any notices issued or any fines or costs incurred as a result of a guilty finding in any subsequent court case. Is this the start of fixed penatly notices being handed out by the HSE?

Under the terms of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 there is a legal requirement for business owners to take responsibility for, and manage, fire prevention within their premises. This point has been recently highlighted by some significant fines being levied on HMO and care home owners who had failed to take reasonable steps to manage fire risk and put in place reasonable provisions to enable persons to escape. Given the number of such premises around the Margate and Ramsgate areas this activity by the fire authorities is certainly something that is going to have an impact.