Health and Safety
The best articles and guidance on Workplace health and safety
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The Verge
That mental health app might share your data without telling you
4 min read · From 2019 · βDo I trust the person who made the app, and do I understand where this data is going?β
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The Economist Data Team
How heavy use of social media is linked to mental illness
5 min read · From 2018 · Youngsters report problems with anxiety, depression, sleep and βFoMOβ
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safeopedia.com
Are You a Safety Manager or a Safety Leader?
3 min read · From 2019 · Not every safety manager is a safety leader. Find out why you should become one, and what
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Guardian Environment
Patience exhausted: drivers who sit with engines idling could face instant fines
2 min read · From 2019 · Calls for change to rules that state parked drivers have to be warned twice, with a minuteβs grace in between
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Is Brexit about to make UK construction sites SAFER?
5 min read · From 2018 · Veritas Consulting writes about whether Brexit is about to make UK building sites SAFER. Will new technology make Construction health and safety be more dangerous.
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Is your principal designer just paying lip service.
5 min read · From 2018 · Veritas Consulting writes about knowing your principal designer service and auditing performance to see whether your Principal Designer is simply paying lip service and putting you at risk.
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Are you doing enough to prevent musculoskeletal disorders?
6 min read · From 2018 · Veritas Consulting provides advice and guidance to help you prevent musculoskeletal disorders and protect your workers. MSDs are bad for your business.
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ISO 45001 β Why bother with health and safety management systems?
6 min read · From 2018 · Veritas Consulting explains that ISO 45001 is the new internationally recognised health and safety management system β and why you should let our ISO 45001 Auditor implement it for your business.
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Will Brexit make me less safe at work?
5 min read · From 2018 · Veritas consulting writes on uncertainty about Brexit which has generated all kinds of predictions, including a reduction in workplace safety. But is that really likely?
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Pushing and nudging: psychological techniques to raise standards
7 min read · From 2019 · Nudging is a subtle psychological technique used to encourage positive behaviour β and it could help improve site safety too. Veritas consulting expands why.
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Raising standards by making health and safety fun
4 min read · From 2019 · Could contractors make sites safer by injecting some fun into operations and raise standards by making health and safety in construction fun
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Workplace Risk Assessments myth busting
2 min read · From 2019 · Veritas Consulting explains that workplace risks assessments are a legal requirement, so why are they so misunderstood?
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Some health and safety observations from the Notre Dame fire
2 min read · From 2019 · Veritas Consulting writes about the destruction of Franceβs iconic Notre Dame cathedral is tragic β but there are lessons to be learned already with the Notre Dame fire.
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Am I my brotherβs keeper? Keeping colleagues safe on site.
2 min read · From 2019 · Just how much responsibility do your employees have for the health and safety of their colleagues? Am I my brotherβs keeper?
