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GAP Attains New International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management

GAP Attains New International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management

GAP has successfully achieved certification to the first international standard for Occupational Health a ...

GAP has successfully achieved certification to the first international standard for Occupational Health and Safety ISO 45001 2018, replacing its existing OHSAS 18001 certification. By achieving ISO 45 ...

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“The Silent Epidemic” of Poor Mental Health in Construction Industry

“The Silent Epidemic” of Poor Mental Health in Construction Industry

Poor mental health in the construction industry has been described as ‘the silent epidemic’ during a spee ...

Poor mental health in the construction industry has been described as ‘the silent epidemic’ during a speech at IOSH's first annual Construction Conference, highlighting how work-related stress, depres ...

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Mental Health in the Spotlight at HAE EHA Conference

Mental Health in the Spotlight at HAE EHA Conference

Members, non-members and exhibitors attending HAE EHA’s annual conference at Holywell Park in Loughboroug ...

Members, non-members and exhibitors attending HAE EHA’s annual conference at Holywell Park in Loughborough were given an ideal opportunity to assess and improve their strategies for dealing with menta ...

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New MEWPs Safety Publication to Facilitate Work At Height Rescue Plan

New MEWPs Safety Publication to Facilitate Work At Height Rescue Plan

A new concise safety document entitled ‘Rescue of Persons from MEWPs’ is now freely available. Published ...

A new concise safety document entitled ‘Rescue of Persons from MEWPs’ is now freely available. Published by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG), the 10-page publication provides guidance to ...

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Construction Firms Targeted in New Health Inspections

Construction Firms Targeted in New Health Inspections

Construction firms across Great Britain will be targeted on their health standards by the Health and Safe ...

Construction firms across Great Britain will be targeted on their health standards by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) it has been announced today. These inspections will be the first time the re ...

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Ardent Hire Solutions Receives RoSPA Gold Award for Safety Practices

Ardent Hire Solutions Receives RoSPA Gold Award for Safety Practices

Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd, one of the UK’s largest construction equipment rental companies with 13 depots ...

Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd, one of the UK’s largest construction equipment rental companies with 13 depots nationwide, has been handed a prestigious award in recognition of its practices and achievemen ...

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HAE’s Fast Track to Improving Safety on UK Construction Sites

HAE’s Fast Track to Improving Safety on UK Construction Sites

Cutting accidents on site and improving recruitment are two of the key issues that Hire Association Europ ...

Cutting accidents on site and improving recruitment are two of the key issues that Hire Association Europe (HAE) is focused on, by promoting its SafeHire Certification scheme and National Hire Week, t ...

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O’Keefe Launch “What If?” Safety Campaign

O’Keefe Launch “What If?” Safety Campaign

Specialist contractor the O’Keefe Group has reinforced its No 1 priority of Health and Safety by launchin ...

Specialist contractor the O’Keefe Group has reinforced its No 1 priority of Health and Safety by launching a What If? campaign that tasks its employees and sub-contractors with managing their own pers ...

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Speedy Hire: Not So Good Vibrations

Speedy Hire: Not So Good Vibrations

What can you do to mitigate the effect of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)? Speedy Hire has some answer ...

What can you do to mitigate the effect of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)? Speedy Hire has some answers. In 1911, Professor Giovanni Loriga, a doctor specialising in occupational health, noticed so ...

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Underground Assets at Risk

Underground Assets at Risk

Report reveals that almost half of all UK works put underground assets at risk According to a new report, ...

Report reveals that almost half of all UK works put underground assets at risk According to a new report, 44 per cent of all excavation work in the UK takes place without a thorough underground asset ...

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