The Health and Safety Authority has published two new documents to help manage health and safety in Post Primary Schools. According the the HSA, “the guidelines are a management tool intended to offer guidance and practical advice to assist schoo…
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Managing Safety in Post Primary Schools
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on November 8th, 2010
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No Comments »Safe T Cert recognised in Public Procurement Rules
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on November 8th, 2010
“Safe-T-Cert, the health and safety management system developed by the CIF and the Northern Ireland Construction Employers Federation, for the construction industry, has now being granted recognised status as a health and safety management system…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Auditor, Health and Safety Updates, IRCA, OHSAS 18001, PSCS Project Supervisor Construction Stage No Comments »Self Employed – Does Health and Safety apply to me?
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on September 22nd, 2010
The Self Employed or the “one man band” more often than not, assumes that Health and Safety does not apply to him or her. Not true. Self Employed persons are actually both an Employer and an Employee. Both of these roles have a legal respon…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Guidance, Health and Safety Updates, Human Resources, Prohibition Notice No Comments »NI motorists offered speed awareness courses
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on May 31st, 2010
“Motorists in Northern Ireland who break the speed limit are to be offered the chance to avoid a fine and three penalty points on their licence if they agree to undertake speed awareness courses. The initiative is being introduced in an attempt t…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Health and Safety Updates, Northern Ireland, penalty points, Speed awareness No Comments »Code of Practice for the Design and Installation of Anchors
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on May 18th, 2010
The HSA (Health and Safety Authority) have published a New “Code of Practice for the Design and Installation of Anchors” which came into effect on May 17th 2010. According to the HSA, “The aim of this code of practice is to provide pr…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Anchors, code of practice, Design, Health and Safety Updates, Installation No Comments »Revised Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 – Chapter 1 of Part 7: Safety Signs at Places of Work
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on May 18th, 2010
The Guidelines to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 – Chapter 1 of Part 7: Safety Signs at Places of Work have been revised.The actual 2007 Regulations themselves do not change and the HSA does not cons…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Guidance, Health and Safety Updates, Regulations, Safety Signs at work No Comments »Optical Radiation Regulations now law
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on May 14th, 2010
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 176/2010) which transpose the EU Optical Radiation Directive (2006/25/EC) into Irish national law were signed and came into effect on April 29th. Notice of th…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Health and Safety Updates, Optical, Radiation, Regulations No Comments »Working on Roads Code of Practice for Contractors with Three or less Employees
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on May 4th, 2010
The Health and Safety Authority have published this new Guidance Document and it is available for free download as of from today at the following link http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Publications_and_Forms/Publications/Construction/Working_on_Roads_Code_of_Pract…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Health and Safety Updates, small contractors, working on roads No Comments »Safe Hospitality – New HSA Publication
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on February 9th, 2010
Safe Hospitality is a practical and easy to use guide to help ensure safe and healthy workplaces for those in the hotel, restaurant, catering and bar trades. You will find simple and easy to implement safeguards that can be put in place easily with imm…
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