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Any company that uses Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) needs to know what their management and legal responsibilities are when it comes to allowing employees to operate MEWPs. At Boss training, we specialise in safety training services and offer IPAF MEWPs for managers training. Under UK health and safety legislation, specifically the Provision and Use… Read more »

When choosing a course, you want to pick the one that will benefit you the most, both in terms of cost-effectiveness and expertise offered. This means choosing a company you can trust. But how do you measure whether a certain company or training course is trustworthy and provides the knowledge you’re seeking? One way you… Read more »

Everyone in the trade is by now well aware of the health risk posed by exposure to asbestos and yet cases do still occur and education and training in awareness of the risks posed by asbestos and how best to reduce them is vital if asbestos poisoning cases are to be eradicated. Good Practice and… Read more »

What Does ‘Working at Height’ Refer to? When we talk about working at height we are making reference to work in a location that without necessary precautions could result in a worker falling such a distance as to result in personal injury. Essentially, you are working at height if you’re working higher than ground floor… Read more »

The Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association (PASMA) has recently taken the opportunity to comment upon two recent HSE prosecutions regarding working at height and mobile access towers. The first case relates to a tragic accident which took place in 2011 but has only recently been settled in court. James Baillie, 53, fell six metres… Read more »

Between September 14th and October 9th this year, the Health and Safety Executive will be carrying out random inspections of refurbishment sites across the country. This is the 10th year in a row the HSE has undertaken such an initiative, and the aim is to ensure that dangerous activities, especially those risking the health of… Read more »

The press have reported a number of incidents recently from across the UK concerning the mishandling of asbestos in varied settings and the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has spoken out to express its concern that training, though given, is being widely ignored. The General Manager of UKATA, Craig Evans, has made it clear that… Read more »

At first sight, the number of deaths – 35 – may seem a lot and of course it is still unacceptably high, the only ‘good’ number being zero, but taken in the context of previous years, which average at forty-five deaths, this 22% reduction is a remarkable feat and owes a great deal to the… Read more »

A Welsh builder has been given a six month custodial sentence after being found guilty of exposing three of his workers to asbestos inhalation when working on a commercial unit in Colwyn Bay in 2012. His company had been employed by the unit’s owner to remove asbestos prior to the building being put up for… Read more »