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Maintaining equipment such as vehicles, tools, machinery, and digital devices is vital for profitability.  When companies stay on top of keeping these assets in optimal condition, they can minimise incidents that disrupt their operational processes, reduce the costs of replacing assets, and accelerate toward their business goals. This article will explore what an asset maintenance…

Near misses can provide valuable insight into improving workplace safety. They should be taken seriously and treated as if they were accidents so you can improve your organisation's health and safety performance.  Let's dive deep into understanding what a near miss is, why it's essential to report them, why some employees don't report them, and…

A property inspection is a detailed examination whose primary objective is to determine the condition of the property. There are many different types of property inspections.  Each type usually also has a specific purpose, such as determining if any corrective or preventive actions are needed, evaluating the property’s safety, or evaluating its condition prior to…

Warehouses are in a tough spot. They have to keep up with the demands of customers, clients, and eCommerce without any breaks. Many warehouses operate 24/7 to keep up with demand.  The challenges of multiple shifts and continuous workflow with little to no downtime can create pressure and the tendency to take risky shortcuts. This…

Incident reporting is the process of systematically capturing and documenting information about accidents, near misses, or adverse events that take place in a workplace. Before the rise of the digital age, real-time incident reporting was virtually impossible to achieve.  Legacy systems were a manual process, relying on paper-and-pen and physical filing systems. Later, this evolved…

When looking into what measures to take to keep lone workers safe, you may have encountered the term “Man Down alarm”. These alarms automatically detect when a worker has fallen and are activated by the worker's weight. When activated, the alarm will sound an alert. If the worker is safe, they can cancel the alert. …

A lone worker is someone who works alone and doesn't have any colleagues nearby. It is a company’s responsibility to monitor the safety of a lone worker.  One of the traditional methods used by many employers to do this is the lone worker call check. This is a phone call to check on the safety…

Health and safety legislation in the UK has been designed to protect the safety of all employees, contract workers, and volunteers in the workplace. Every UK employer has the responsibility to comply with these health and safety laws and lone working legislation.  Non-compliance with health and safety policies can lead to severe penalties for individuals…