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Safer storage and distribution: An essential guide for warehouse operators
A practical guide delivering proven safety solutions for warehousing and distribution sectors, covering risk assessments, health and safety legislation, forklift accidents, falls from height, racking systems, and compliance technology.
What's inside this guide
A practical guide delivering proven safety solutions for warehousing and distribution sectors. This whitepaper covers:
- Risk assessments and hazard identification
- Industry legislation
- Forklift accidents and fall prevention
- Safety-focused racking implementation
- Multi-site cost optimisation
- Cloud-based compliance technology
- Occupational health programmes
- Health surveillance and workplace risk management
Health & safety insights
Guidance, updates and practical advice for your sector.
COSHH assessment: what it is and how to do one properly
A COSHH assessment records the health risk from each hazardous substance you use, and the controls for it. What Regulation 6 requires, and the six steps.
7 health and safety risks in a builders merchant, and what fixes each
The seven health and safety risks that matter in a builders merchant, from yard traffic to wood dust, with the regulation behind each and what fixes it.
What health and safety actually requires of a UK employer
What is health and safety? In law it is a duty on you as the employer to assess risks, control them and prove it. What that means in practice, and when.
Suresite's health and safety team joins Opus Safety
Opus Safety has acquired Suresite's health and safety business, bringing 30 years of forecourt DSEAR and compliance audit experience into the team.
Do I need a competent person if I have no in-house H&S expert?
Yes. Every UK employer must appoint one under Regulation 7. What happens if you do not, and how to appoint an external consultant.
What qualifications should an outsourced competent person have?
No qualifications are prescribed by law. Which NEBOSH, IOSH and sector credentials matter when appointing an external adviser.
Who can act as a competent person for a small business?
Small businesses can appoint the owner, a trained employee or an external consultant. How to choose, and what the law requires.
Can you outsource your competent person for health and safety?
Yes. UK employers can appoint an external competent person under Regulation 7. What outsourcing covers and what stays your duty.
HSE prosecutions: Counting the cost of non-compliance
Two fall from height prosecutions in one week and a £120,000 dust fine. What recent HSE enforcement action means for your controls.
The psychology of safety: When workarounds become the way we work
Two machinery prosecutions show how shortcuts become standard practice. How to build a safety culture where the safe way is the default way.
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