HSE Tips
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HSE Tips
Safety Beyond Compliance: Why Ticking a Box Is Never Enough
Compliance is the foundation of workplace safety, but it is not the building. If your organisation’s safety programme stops at ticking the regulatory box, you may be satisfying the auditor while quietly accumulating risk. This article aims to to explore why safety culture, and not just compliance alone, is what helps keep workers alive. Compliance […]
The Importance of HSE Policies, Regulations, and Training for Companies and Employees
Introduction The significance of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies, regulations, and training cannot be overstated for both companies and their workforce. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), over 2.3 million workers die annually due to work-related accidents or occupational diseases. The ILO emphasises that preventing such incidents should be a top priority, considering […]
Lithium-Ion Battery Safety
Lithium-ion batteries power almost everything we own — and occasionally they catch fire. Here is what causes it, the warning signs to watch for, and how to charge and store your devices safely.
Tips for Working Safely at Height
Most workplace fatalities come from falls. What counts as working at height, the controls employers must have in place, the right PPE, and the training that keeps workers safe.
Tips for Using e-Bikes and e-Scooters Safely
E-bikes and e-scooters are cheap and convenient — but small profiles and lithium-ion batteries bring real risks. How to ride safely and avoid battery fires.
Safety While Driving
Most crashes come down to human error. The mistakes that cause road accidents, how to drive safely, and what to do if the worst happens.
Surviving Before, During and After a Helicopter Crash
Helicopters are vital offshore — and ditching into the sea is survivable if you are trained for it. How helicopters help, why they crash, and the underwater-escape training that saves lives.
A Guide to Preventing Accidents at Home
Home is where we feel safest — yet it is a common source of accidents. A room-by-room guide to preventing fire, shocks, falls, cuts, poisoning and more.
The Importance of Hand Safety
The human hands are an exceptional feat of engineering. Made up of complex interactions between bones, muscles and ligaments, they are our most important tools for interacting with the world around us. Our hands are in constant use, involved in almost every task we do on a daily basis, often without even thinking about it, […]
10 Tips for a Fire Safe Kitchen
Your home is your sanctuary; it’s where your family is, where you carry out many of your hobbies and where you rest your body and soul after a long day at work. But while it may be a sanctuary, this does not mean it is completely safe. One of the biggest risks to safety in […]
Advice & Guidance to OPITO Training Providers Relating to COVID-19
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The ROI of Safety
Competency based safety training that addresses common risks in your workplace should always be a high priority.