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With an estimated 36.8 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injuries (HSE) it's crucial for a safety professional to have a comprehensive understanding of those injuries and how to track them. One phrase you may encounter is a lost time...

“Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and to live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned how to put it out” - Henry Van Dyke, "The Open Fire," Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things, 1899. Let’s talk about fire safety. Again....

On 22 September 2022, the UK Government published its Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (REUL). Under this bill, all retained EU law will be revoked on 31 December 2022 (or at a later date prior to 23 June 2026, if a consensus to delay is reached) unless...

Part 7 (Bonus blog) The Health and Safety File is a construction safety document that is required by The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015. It is a record of information for the Client, or End User, regarding a site or structure, which focuses on...

Enforcing Natasha’s Law – 12 months on Whenever I think about food allergies, my thoughts turn to 17th century essayist, satirist, and author Jonathan Swift and his sage observation that “He was a bold man who first ate an oyster…” When you consider the range of...

Part 6 In previous blogs we have discussed the main roles and responsibilities of key duty holders within The Construction Design & Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), we have also discussed the main documentation requirements to ensure CDM compliance. In this...

Part 5 In the previous four parts of this series, we covered CDM’s, the Principal Contractor and Sub-contractor roles and CPPS. In this final part, we’re talking about RAMS. What are RAMS? The Construction Design & Management Regulations (CDM 2015) require a safe...

Part 4 Please read the previous 3 parts of this blog series before continuing to get the most out of our Health and Safety in Construction series. What is a Construction Phase Plan? The Construction Phase Plan, also referred to as a CPP, is a construction safety...

Part 4 In the previous three parts of this series, we covered What is Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, What is a Data Science Team and Why is Data Science important. In this final part, we’ll dive a little deeper into how Notify is leveraging artificial...

Before you read this, please check out our previous blog, ‘HSE’s Ten Year Plan – a decade of cunning in prospect’ as this new post focuses on the first area the HSE’s 10-year strategy talks about. Is “Working Minds” working? Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist...

Part 3 In part 1 and part 2 of this series of blogs, we discussed: artificial intelligence and data science; machine learning; skills and people in a data science team and whether your organisation can leverage data science Today, we will expand upon the importance of...

Part 3 Please read part 2 continuing, where we looked at the role of the Principal Contractor, as we will now cover the role of a Contractor (sometimes referred to as a Sub-Contractor). The best way to understand the role of a Contractor within CDM 2015 is to view...

Part 2 Please read part 1 before continuing to understand what we mean by artificial intelligence and data science… What is a Data Science team? A data science team is composed of people who are strong in three core areas: statistics, programming and business acumen....

Part 2 Please read part 1 before continuing, where we discussed Construction Design Management Regulations. Who is the Principal Contractor? "The Principal Contractor (Main Contractor) is the contractor in overall control of the construction phase on projects with...

Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke was a brilliant war strategist of the 19th Century and is credited with the famous take that "no plan survives first contact with the enemy". Well, we shall see… The HSE’s ten-year strategy – “Protecting People and Places” was...

Notify is proud to sponsor local polar expedition team member Matt Bell as he explores The Northern Pole of Inaccessibility. In particular, we’re proud to sponsor his work in the #LastPole campaign. Here we’ve been chatting to Matt about his experiences and the...

Part 1 Data Science will seriously influence the impact health and safety professionals can make within their organisation – for the better! Explore how it will transform your safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) assurance processes in our new 5-part blog...

Health and safety is a priority in the majority of sectors we work with, but in the construction industry, workplace safety can be a matter of life and death! Our new 6-part series will explore safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) specifically within...

Please read part 1 of this blog before continuing… At Step 2, the court sets the initial starting point and range for the fine and is required to focus on the organisation's annual turnover or equivalent. The offender is expected to provide accounts for the last three...

A question every regulatory defence lawyer knows they will be asked by an anxious client – “how much will the fine be?” It’s obviously incredibly important and answering it now as opposed to 15 years ago has – in many ways – become easier…but at the same time, more...

There have been many recent prosecutions where employers have not been able to demonstrate that they have a robust (suitable and sufficient) risk assessment procedure in place – a couple of examples, can be found on the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service...

What can regulators do if they find a breach? Please read Part 1 before continuing… The decision to prosecute is a serious one – HSE needs to prepare a Prosecution Report for an Approval Officer to consider before the prosecution is green-lighted. The Approval Officer...

What can regulators do if they find a breach? There’s been a serious incident or an unannounced visit, HSE is investigating OR has investigated. What’s next? HSE’s position on enforcement is that its “emphasis is on prevention” but that it will enforce the law where...

Please read Part 1 before continuing... A suspect’s response to an interview under caution can have an influence (albeit sometimes limited) on the outcome of the HSE’s investigation – it is important to recognise that the HSE’s decision making process is mechanistic...

Interviews Under Caution - What are they? We’ve considered crisis management planning and then had a look at how best to deal with the regulator where there has been a serious incident and a criminal investigation has been commenced. The investigation will follow its...

An essential component of any health and safety management system is our monitoring and review process, this allows us to accurately assess our existing controls alongside risks to develop an effective plan of action. Health and Safety management systems normally work...

It’s rare that Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LAs) just turn up out of the blue – almost all investigations are event-driven. This usually means that there’s been a RIDDOR reportable accident and HSE is responding to it, or a whistle-blower...

Our previous blogs have discussed the importance of Near-Miss/hazard reporting and why we need to carry out detailed accident/incident investigations. In this blog we’ll discuss the importance of analysing all the safety information/data that can be collected within...

Is your Health & Safety software in need of a Spring Clean? Spring is with us; the clocks have gone forward, and the mornings and evenings are much lighter and brighter. It is traditionally the time of year for a spring clean and at Notify, we have been sprucing...

I’m sure all of you will know that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local authorities (LAs) are responsible for enforcing health and safety legislation – although where a workplace fatality occurs, investigations are led by the police; their powers will need...

All organisations strive to achieve a proactive safety culture that will help to prevent accidents from occurring. This will include active safety monitoring and safety engagement at all levels of the organisation. Sometimes, however, an unplanned event may cause...

Try to think of recent examples of crisis events so appallingly managed that something which was obviously bad, morphed into something disastrous. Number 10 lockdown parties, VW Emissions, Yorkshire CCC and Azeem Rafiq…Why? Lack of competence or lack of a plan? Hard...

International Women’s Day 2022 is back, and the focus is equality, solidarity and recognising and acting in the face of gender bias. With the #BreakTheBias focus, it’s time to recognise women’s role in championing technology and recognise how this is an area where...

There is no denying that the age of digital transformation has accelerated even more rapidly over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, businesses opting to wait before adopting a digital-first approach are being left behind. Automated processes are commonplace...

Over the course of 2021 users of Notify Technology’s digital reporting platform logged 106,802 Safety, Environmental and Governance events, a new record and up 26% on 2020. In a year that saw us winning a Tech for Good award, we ended 2021 with a total of half a...

Most, if not all organisations need to improve their Near Miss Reporting culture, as doing so will not only prevent future accidents but also improve their safety engagement and overall safety culture. Organisations are consistently looking at ways to improve their...

As an employer, health and safety cannot be an afterthought. While most businesses manage to maintain a basic standard, it only takes one error in judgement or lack of adequate provision, and you could be at risk of significant fines following a serious incident with...

Game on! Time for some fun during those long winter nights this Christmas… The following blog is a bit of fun. Rest assured, Notify take health and safety seriously – it’s why we are on a global mission to make a billion people safer at work. In the age of COVID-19,...

Notify Technology: We’re a Safety Tech SaaS start up, but we sure pack a serious NPS punch – Worth Olympic Silver or Gold? Our customers can decide! We recently completed a survey across our customer base to evaluate how we’re performing, as we look to bring safety...

Software security tops the wish list for organisations when considering digital solutions. Single Sign-On (SSO) also helps drive much higher rates of software adoption with employees. SSO is an additional level of security for software that enables a user to log in to...

Notify Technology is delighted to be working with Wilson James who join the #safetyrevolution to help keep workers safe at work. Wilson James is a security, logistics and aviation company. They have signed up to the Notify’s smart Health & Safety software – the...

In his latest blog - 'an attempt to change some limiting assumptions on near-miss reporting in the workplace' - Notify Technology CEO Duncan Davies responds to an article by top FT journalist and New York Times Bestselling author Tim Harford. In Tim's article, he...

Notify software is used by thousands of people in over 70 countries across the globe to report near misses and help drive their safety culture. Our unique perspective means we have been able to map the profile and trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic. Much is being...

Notify client Zen Internet is an award-winning Internet Service Provider (ISP) headquartered in Rochdale, North West England. Zen provides a full range of data, voice, and hosting services to business and residential customers throughout the UK. The company has a...

Getting back to work safely is a challenge we're all facing right now. Returning to a changed normality, whilst remaining COVID-alert, is what we're all aiming for. Notify, the smart Health & Safety reporting and management software, is helping businesses get back...

We recently unveiled some exciting new features in the latest version of our smart Health & Safety software, Notify Cloud 5.3. One of the most significant enhancements we've made to Notify is our new Extended Dashboards feature. Notify now provides Management...

We’re committed to offering our community  unique, thought-provoking content to keep them notified on all things ‘health and safety technology’. This month we’re super excited to introduce our new Subject Matter Expert, Tristan Meears-White, hailed as a “key...

The role of a Health and Safety professional has changed over the decades. Like many business functions, such as Marketing and HR, technology is changing the face of the day-to-day; giving Health and Safety professionals more visibility and control than ever before....

When you think of the word accident, it usually has negative connotations. Nobody wants to have an accident (obviously). However, forward thinking Health & Safety professionals recognise that there are some types of incident that we can learn from, and that will...

We’re told almost daily about the value of data. It’s often positioned as a panacea to improve business performance. Think: data on customers, buildings, employees, cars, machinery, and so on. With so many ways to generate and access data, Duncan Davies, CEO at Notify...

This blog follows on our recent post about attitudes towards technology amongst Health & Safety professionals. If you’ve decided to look more closely at how technology could help your organisation, then the five areas below are critical when deciding on the system...

In this blog by Notify CEO, Duncan Davies, he cautions against the idea that technology can deliver ‘all’ the answers, and shines a light on an under-rated and intangible organisational asset: data, big and small. Over the past few months of listening to company...