1731. Environmental health and safety in the business workplace
February 12, 2014
Safety and health in the workplace cannot be overemphasized. In a work environment two things take precedent over any issue. Number one is the occupational well-being of employees. The second most important issue is environmental safety and health. It is no surprise that when environmental safety an...
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1732. Equipment for Industrial Fire Safety
February 12, 2014
The United States has the highest number of people killed by fires each year. In fact, every 23 seconds an alarm sounds to a fire somewhere in the United States. In 2011, public fire departments attended 1,389,500 fires in the United States. Nationwide, in 2011 there was a civilian (non-firefighter)...
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1733. Carrying out business risk assessments
February 12, 2014
Every UK business now has to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment. This is a requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and if you employ five or more people, you must also record the findings of your fir...
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1734. The essentials of risk management in business
February 12, 2014
The process of risk assessment is part of the risk management process and is shrouded, some would say, in a certain degree of mystery. It is true to say that being able to accurately assess risk is quite complex and is ofte...
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1735. Implementing business health and safety
February 11, 2014
As we are in the winter season the days are short and dark, not the most pleasant sight to wake up to each morning. However as the mornings and evenings are dark people are neglecting their personal safety by not wearing...
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1736. Noise health and safety in the workplace
February 11, 2014
Elimination of noise is the most effective way to prevent risks to workers and should be considered when new equipment is purchased or procured for workplaces. Low noise equipment should be selected when possible. A project manager or the equivalent person is responsible for demonstrating that equip...
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1737. Detecting fire risks
February 11, 2014
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 now requires businesses to perform a fire risk assessment to determine fire hazards, prevent fires, and in the case of a fire, handle it in an appropriate manner. Appropriate training and tools are to be made available to all employees. Fire hazards mus...
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1738. Fire risk assessments
February 11, 2014
We never know what might lie ahead, but we can make sure we're prepared for every eventuality. Fire risk assessments are a vital safety procedure for any non-domestic premises and you have a legal responsibility to ensur...
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1739. Great ideas for landscaping
February 06, 2014
If planning on turning the garden into an outdoor living space, it helps to make full use of the wide-ranging landscape ideas available. Beyond just having a well-maintained lawn, a landscaped garden can offer significant options to increase t...
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1740. Saving money on landscaping
February 06, 2014
The planning stage of creating a landscape requires you to carefully think about what you would like to do, figuring out the budget for your landscaping. If you do not carefully plan your landscape, the process can become very costly and you might end up with something you do not want. When you thin...
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Author: Innes Donaldson
