Do You Know the CEO’s Responsibilities to Occupational Safety? – CEOWORLD magazine
Do You Know the CEO’s Responsibilities to Occupational Safety? CEOWORLD magazine Source: Assent.Safety
Category Health & Safety
Ways to Measure Health and Safety Performance
The purpose of health & safety in the workplace is simple: prevent illness, injury, and death. Yet some businesses relegate health & safety to the status of tick-box inconvenience due to being too heavily focused on employee productivity and financial…
Why Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Should be your Last Resort: Although it’s still important!
Say the words “Health & Safety” and I wouldn’t blame you for thinking of people wearing hi-vis vests. The teacher at my children’s school even wears one to collect the rubbish around the playground. And while hi-vis clothing, hard hats…
Health & Safety Standard ISO 45001 Published!
Consultancy Assent Risk Management introduces the new International Standard for Occupational Health & Safety, finally published! The Long awaited International Standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management, ISO 45001, has finally arrived. You can purchase the new standard NOW and…
5 steps for employers to follow when carrying out a workplace risk assessment
Managing health and safety in your business means controlling risks in your workplace. There are five steps to follow when assessing risk. 1: Identify any hazards Potential hazards in the workplace come in many forms and it is your…
Risk Digest: 21st July 2017
Your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 21st July 2017 includes a warning from Cisco, A geothermic project in Cornwall and a Cadbury classic making a comeback! Information Security “Newcastle University has been forced to issue a phishing alert after spotting…
New Changes to Road Safety Laws
The number of road accidents seems to be increasing in the UK, so over the past two months, four key changes to road safety laws have been introduced. It’s extremely important for you to reduce transport risks and protect your…
The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
Amendments have been made to The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and the following five sets of regulations to make minor corrections and clarify existing regulations: The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Regulations 1987 The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases…
Risk Digest: 9th December 2016
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 9th December 2016. Information Security Social Media Giants to Share Anti-Terror Database Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Google have joined forces to tackle terror propaganda online by creating a database of unique…
Risk Digest: 2nd December 2016
Here’s your Risk Digest for the Week Ending 2nd December 2016. Information Security National Lottery Accounts Hack Fears About 26,500 National Lottery accounts are feared to have been hacked, according to its operator Camelot. Terror Investigation Data Leaked Online…