MCA collaborate with HSE to create tool to improve health and safety attitudes at sea
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has collaborated with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to build on the existing Safety Climate Tool by making it more applicable to the Maritime industry.
The tool is designed to assess the attitudes of individuals within an organisation towards health and safety issues, then deliver an objective measure of the safety culture.
It comes as part of the...
COVID workplace safety rules enforcement
British Safety Council calls on Government and the HSE to strengthen and enforce COVID Secure workplace rules to protect workers
The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that COVID deaths are higher among low-paid and manual workers in England and Wales, underlining the need for stronger COVID Secure workplace rules to protect workers and for enforcement when rules...
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The Time to Breathe campaign poster
Outdoor workers are most affected by air pollution in hot weather
British Safety Council welcomes HSE guidance on working in hot weather and looks forward to the regulator’s advice for outdoor employees working in polluted urban air
As temperatures in Britain soar to the levels that will break all previous records, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued advice on how to avoid overheating while working in hot conditions.
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of...