Site safety is often seen in terms of compliance rather than costs—in other words, something you’re forced to do, rather than something you want to do. But you should want to do it! Like all safety rules, site safety legislation is written in blood. Every law you need to follow on site exists because not… Read More
With the coronavirus pandemic preventing SAMS and other providers from offering classroom training, many awarding bodies have been moving to support online courses. We’re pleased to announce that the latest addition is IOSH, who have made their classroom courses available for remote tuition. SAMS are now able to conduct both IOSH Working Safely and IOSH… Read More
We don’t often pick out news stories to feature on the blog, but this one felt particularly resonant. A young girl suffered life-changing injuries when a piece of timber fell almost 10 metres from a scaffold, striking the child in her pram. The timber was being lifted using a gin wheel, but had been improperly… Read More
Robots: they’re cold, calculating killing machines. Or helpful, durable workers – it really depends on who you ask. Our opinions of robotics and automation are coloured by science fiction, and the doom-laden proclamations of robots taking all our jobs have caused us to be even warier. But do we really have anything to fear from… Read More