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How to stay safe while pumpkin carving, so your Halloween isn’t a nightmare!
CARVE IN A CLEAN, DRY, WELL-LIT AREA Wash and thoroughly dry all the tools that you will use, including: carving tools, knife, cutting surface, and your hands. Any moisture on your tools, hands, or table can cause slipping that can lead to injuries. LEAVE THE CARVING...
Risk assessments for new mothers
In March 2012 Elda Otero Ramos informed her employer that she was breastfeeding and requested for her working conditions to be adjusted due to the adverse effects of shift patterns, ionising radiation, healthcare-associated infections and stress could have on her working conditions to be adjusted due…
The Benefits of Training
Training your staff is good for your business and good for your workforce. Good for your business It is a proven fact that training can improve workplace performance, profit and staff morale. Advantages to your business include: you choose what new skills your...
Mental Health in the Construction Industry
Male site workers in construction are three times more likely to commit suicide than the average UK male. This shocking mental health statistic is a vivid reminder of the difficulties faced by many working in the construction industry every day. Troubling data from...
Workplace Injury Support
If your job demands you to involve in intense physical activities, then receiving workplace injuries is quite natural. The injuries that you get at your workplace not only lead to enormous pain and discomfort, but they also reduce your productivity. And if you fail to...
A Quick Guide to Risk Assessment
What is a risk assessment? The HSE’s definition of a risk assessment is “….a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm….” A risk...
5 Types of Exercise for People with Dementia
Regular physical activity can reduce the likelihood of developing dementia. Physical activity can also help improve cognition in adults with some mild cognitive decline. Some research has also found benefits for people with fully progressed Alzheimer’s disease…
Frazzled Cafes
High up in a room overlooking Paddington Basin, with hot coffee and Jammie Dodgers to hand, the doors opened yesterday on my first Frazzle Café, admitting 30 or so men and women who ranged from feeling frazzled (not just stressed but thinking about stress) to...