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Summer Is Officially Here Summer is officially here! But it’s not all fun and games for outdoor workers. The effects of the sun can pose significant risks to health especially considering 1,700 people are diagnosed each year with skin cancer due to occupational exposure. An estimated 60 of these diagnosed cases are fatal with 44% […]

Work At Height Failings Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries in the UK. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile surfaces. This month alone has seen its fair share of Working at Height failings and we are keen to delve into the surrounding issues faced […]

Silicosis Health Dangers to Construction Workers The HSE estimates that almost 600,000 workers are exposed to silica dust. And the vast majority of workers fall into the construction industry. Silicosis is a potentially life threatening occupational disease. This is caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It is commonly produced during work including: Chipping, […]

Minimise Risks to Your Workforce And Pedestrians Warehouses and constructions sites can become hectic very quickly and reversing vehicles are becoming a regular hazard in these environments.   Further to this, last month a storage company were prosecuted and fined £40,000 after a forklift truck crushed a fellow workers legs.   Here are just some […]

2 construction companies who were working on a new build in Durham have been fined following CDM regulation breaches.

A Tamworth theme park has been sentenced and fined £1 million following a tragic fatality at their park back in 2017.

A care home in Scotland has been fined £21,000 after a resident suffered a 4.5 meter fall from height.

The government has recently announced new regulations to boost building safety across the UK.

Manufacturing is a dangerous industry known for its high risks. Incorrectly installed machine guarding is just one of the main causes of injury.

With many working from home, the temptation to start the first batch of pancakes is now on. However as simple as it sounds it can become a flipping nightmare.

We all know the statistics of fatalities and risks associated with working at heights, however we continue to see these horrific incidents in the workplace.

Working on a roof at a height is dangerous business, especially when the correct safety measures are not in place.

Clearing footballs from a roof sounds like a routine task for a caretaker. You may have even taken it upon yourself as a school kid in the playground to get it down yourself.

A London Borough Council has been sentenced following the death of a five year old girl back in 2015 due to safety failings at their playground.

Between 2019 and 2020 over 700,000 non fatal injuries occurred in the workplace with a further 111 resulting in a fatality.

Qualsafe have recently released new guidance for Emergency First Aiders.

We would like to take a moment to welcome our newly appointed Marketing Executive Thomas Wilson to the AW Safety family.

Qualsafe have recently released new guidance for Emergency First Aiders.

Between 2019 and 2020 over 700,000 non fatal injuries occurred in the workplace with a further 111 resulting in a fatality.

From 1st April 2021 it will become a legal requirement that all door supervisors and security guards take on Emergency First Aid training as a minimum requirement prior to taking their licence-linked training Top-up qualification.

Due to the current pandemic more and more people are currently working from home, here are some free resources to help keep employees safe.

On the 21st April 2018, New (EU) Regulation on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will come into force and replace the old PPE Directive 89/686/EEC.

There is new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that exposure to mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer in humans.