For employees, workplace injuries can cause pain, inconvenience, time off work and (in severe cases) a lifetime of disability and the need for medical care. For employers, they can necessitate the payment of large sums in compensation and (if the injury was caused by the employer's failure to ...
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Lone Workers,
Health and Safety
As a manager, your workers' safety is paramount for both their well-being and the well-being of your company. It is important that you make sure you are compliant with all relevant health and safety guidelines and that your workers are aware of them all. Of particular importance is lone worker ...
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Health and Safety
Have you experienced employees that try to resist undergoing worker safety training? Learn how to avoid uncomfortable situations by dealing with it in the best way possible. The importance of worker safety training may seem obvious to some, but it isn’t to all. Not only is training important to ...
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Health and Safety
In 2016 alone, 144 workers were killed as the result of a workplace injury (1). Some of these included those isolated from staff and other employees. The concept of health and safety of lone working is a very important topic and yet, many businesses fail to appreciate its impact. What measures can ...
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Lone Workers,
Manufacturing Industry,
Health and Safety
Health and Safety is a big issue these days as more and more companies are being fined for breaches. A Hemel Hempstead company hit the news when it was fined £1m after one of its workers was crushed to death by falling machinery - the company hadn't made sure that workers were adequately trained ...
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Lone Workers,
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