Tag Archive: Simon Bloxham
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Competent help when you need it
As an employer, you must appoint a competent person or people to help you meet your health and safety legal… Read more >
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Handling the deceased
Manual handling is such an inherent part of working in a funeral home and can cause injury so easily. Your… Read more >
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Health and safety management systems
A workplace health and safety management system is a set of policies, procedures and plans that systematically manage health and… Read more >
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Working with electricity
The potential for injury or death arising from work on electrical systems or from coming into contact with electricity must… Read more >
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Putting calls on hold
Wasn’t it already illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving? Well, apparently not. In what might come as… Read more >
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Asbestos: ditching the dust
Asbestos is one of those risks that keeps on giving. Never a month goes by that I don’t read about… Read more >
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Getting it right… continually
Understandably, for the last couple of years, the world’s attention has been on the coronavirus pandemic and how to keep… Read more >
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How to dispose of waste safely
The safe management of clinical waste is the responsibility of every member of staff at a funeral home. Staff must… Read more >
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Lift, lower, repeat: RSI
You see an employee in the office massaging their arm and when you ask if they’re OK they tell you… Read more >
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Back to basics
Last issue, we covered employers’ obligations and employees’ responsibilities. This time, we focus on how to maintain a healthy working… Read more >