Did you know?
Health and safety in the workplace can often be daunting and have a reputation for being either expensive or making hard work of simple tasks, so here we want to dispel some of the myths and common misconceptions which may be causing you headaches or “sleepless nights” to quote one of our customers…
Myth of the month - June 2007
The myth:
New regulations would require trapeze artists to wear hard hats
The reality
Despite being widely reported at the time and regularly repeated since, this story is utter nonsense. There never were any such regulations.
Hard hats do an excellent job of protecting building workers from falling debris - but they have no place on a trapeze.
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21.01.2009
HSE warns that firms exposing untrained workers to asbestos will be penalised
The HSE is warning that firms exposing workers to asbestos without training will be penalised. It also reiterated that electrical contracting companies and other building and refurbishment trades must provide suitable asbestos awareness training to employees or face prosecution.
Posted by Chris Owen

