Health & Safety

What is Road Haulage?

In this guide, we’ll look at what road haulage is, what common risks are involved, and how to promote safe working standards for your haulage staff.

What is Decontamination in Healthcare?

Let’s look at the importance of decontamination in healthcare, as well as which levels of cleaning, disinfection, or sanitisation works best for specific medical businesses.

What is Legionella?

Now, let’s take a look at what legionella is, where it’s found, and what the laws are around protecting vulnerable people from such dangerous pathogens.

Fire Safety Procedures in Care Homes

In this guide, we’ll look at why fire safety is important, common causes of fires, and how to prevent such devastating events happening in care homes.

Care Home Abuse

In this guide, we’ll look at what care home abuse is, different examples of it, and how to prevent such harm affecting your residents.

How to Deal with Aggressive Patients

In this guide, we’ll look at why patients act aggressively, and how to protect your healthcare workers when faced with inappropriate situations.

Ask Gavin: is it safe to set up a firework display at work? Help!

This caller had concerns about the safety risks of organising a firework display for their staff. So they asked Gavin Scarr Hall, Peninsula’s Health & Safety director for expert advice.

Survey shows gaps in office workers' knowledge of fire door safety

A new survey suggests office workers’ existing knowledge and understanding of fire door safety is severely lacking, as 57% of respondents said a hole where a lock had been removed would not affect a fire door’s performance.

Roofer's fatal fall caused by potato box balanced on forklift

Cheshire farm owner Denis Thornhill (78) and his company were fined after a man fell to his death on his premises.

UK needs a national mental health strategy, urges OSH Alliance

A new white paper by a group of UK safety industry bodies calls for a national workplace mental health strategy to tackle rising levels of poor mental health.

HSE issues Crown Censure to MoD after death of soldier

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the death of a reservist soldier whilst on driver training in Yorkshire.

Industry support for electrical safety campaign on lithium-ion battery regulation

More than 85 organisations have lent their support to Electrical Safety First’s campaign, which calls for new laws to regulate lithium-ion batteries.

Download our free workplace stress risk assessment template today and keep all your employees safe from harm.

As a new business owner, you’re legally responsible for managing the Health & Safety in your company. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, you must manage risks and keep your employees, customers, and visitors safe at all times.

If you run a school, you have a legal requirement to carry out a school risk assessment. Once completed, a copy of the risk assessment should be made available to people who work in your school.

If you run a salon, you have a legal requirement to carry out a salon risk assessment.

If you run an office, you have a legal requirement to carry out an office risk assessment.

If you run a care home, carrying out a risk assessment in construction is a legal requirement and as an employer, one must be conducted.