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What is health and safety competence?
Competence is next to Godliness… Billy Joel modestly confessed – “I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.” Whether we live in an age of incompetence or not, perhaps being merely competent is all that anyone...

Prevent Common Injuries in the Construction Industry
Welcome to the fifth blog, talking about how we can improve health and safety on construction sites. This last blog in our 5-part series, sets out guidance for employers on the prevention of common injuries when working in the construction industry. Organisations can...

Technology solutions for improving safety on construction sites
Welcome to our fourth blog, talking about how we can improve health and safety on construction sites. This blog discusses health and safety tech solutions that can improve site safety and help you to create a positive safety culture. People consider working in...

How to create a positive safety culture in the construction industry?
Welcome to our third blog on the importance of health and safety when working in the construction industry. This blog provides tips for establishing a strong and long-lasting culture of health and safety in your organisation and supply chain. Working in the...

What are Method Statements used for in Construction?
Welcome to the second in our series of blogs around managing health and safety in the construction industry. In this blog, we'll be shedding light on the significance of Method Statements. If you've ever wondered about these essential documents and their role in...

Unveiling the Courts’ Interpretation of Health and Safety Law: Decoding “Suitable and Sufficient”
Part 2 “Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing” - Warren Buffet. This observation very neatly summarises much worth saying about risk and in the world of health and safety, where understanding and managing risk is central, “knowing what you’re doing” is at its...

Why is Health and Safety important in construction?
Construction sites are a symbol of progress and growth, creating the buildings and infrastructure that shape our cities. But amidst all the hustle and bustle, we should never overlook one aspect: health and safety. Health and safety in construction is more than just a...

Unveiling the Courts’ Interpretation of Health and Safety Law: Decoding “Reasonably Practicable”
Part 1 Reasonably – “using good judgment” Practicable – “able to be done or put into action” The eminent Billings Learned Hand, former Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, expressed it best: “Words are chameleons which...

Ensuring safe polar exploration: expedition in the extremes
Notify is proud to have sponsored local polar explorer Matt Bell as he explored The Northern Pole of Inaccessibility and the #LastPole campaign. In January 2023, the team and I once more set off to Svalbard, Longyearbyen, one of the last bastions of human civilisation...

Auto calculation of lost time injuries
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...

Fire Safety Regulations
“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....

This risk is for REUL
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...

Health & Safety in Construction – HS File Requirements
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
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...

Health & Safety in Construction – Safety Documentation
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...

Health & Safety in Construction – Risk Assessments & Method Statements
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...

Health & Safety in Construction – Construction Phase Plans
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...

Data Science in SHEQ assurance – Notify leveraging Data Science to help people
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...

HSE’s Mental Health Campaign
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...

Data Science in SHEQ Assurance – Importance of Data Science
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...

Health & Safety in Construction – Contractor/Sub-contractor Role
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...

Data Science in SHEQ assurance – Data Teams
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....

Health & Safety in Construction – Principal Contractor Role
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...

HSE’s Ten Year Plan – a decade of cunning in prospect
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 proud to partner with Singapore’s Jurong Port
Acquiring new clients and working with new partners is always an exciting time for us and we’re particularly proud to be offering our health and safety services to the world’s leading multipurpose port in Singapore. Our health and safety software technology is now...

Notify designs bespoke health and safety software for Cazoo
Notify Technology is proud to develop bespoke products for clients of all sizes, and our agreement with Cazoo, the leading car retailer, is an exciting example of this. We have recently designed specifically configured health and safety software for Cazoo to help them...

Meet Ice Warrior Matt & join us in supporting his cause
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...

Data Science in SHEQ assurance – AI & Data Science
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 & Safety in Construction – CDM 2015
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...

Health and Safety Sentencing – The Pounds and the Pennies
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...

Health and Safety Sentencing – Culpability and Harm
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...

How much risk is in your organisation?
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...

Enforcement Options – Prosecution
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...

Enforcement Options – Cautions
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...

Interviews Under Caution – Why do they matter?
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?
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...

Health & Safety – Monitoring and Review
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...

Dealing with health and safety investigations
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...

Understanding the importance of safety data
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...

Notify Cloud v5.11: Latest updates explained
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...

Entry, search and seizure – Who are the regulators and what are their powers?
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...

Why accident investigations are so important…
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...

Planning for the worst
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...

#BreakTheBias this International Women’s Day
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...

Embracing Health, Safety, Environment and Quality software
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...

Award winning Safetytech firm tops 100,000 reports in 2021
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...

Near miss reporting is a critical element of any safety culture
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...

Are your Health and Safety Processes holding your Business back?
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...

Tis the season for a game changer in Health & Safety
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 Achieves “Excellent” Net Promoter Scoring
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...

Notify introduces Single Sign-On feature to enhance user experience and security
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...

Wilson James transforms Health & Safety reporting processes using Notify platform
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...

Coronavirus is an information problem – and so is worker safety
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 Insights: Our perspective on the COVID ‘curve’
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...

How Zen Internet is managing COVID-19 risks and its approach to the “new normal”
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...

Staying COVID-Alert And Managing The Risks
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...

Notify 5.3: Extended Dashboards
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...

Tristan Meears-White: Back to work?
Is the COVID-19 curve flattening? Professor Angela McLean, the UK's Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor has suggested that it is – that is to say that the rates of increase are falling and the numbers of new cases per day are not increasing. Could this be the beginning of...

Team Insights: Managing mental health issues for workers during COVID-19 lockdown
These certainly are unfamiliar times we find ourselves in. As a large percentage of the UK’s non-essential workforce finds itself furloughed or working from home, we must consider the health implications on our workers during this time – and that includes mental...

Tristan Meears-White: COVID-19 and legal implications for Health & Safety professionals
Most of us are only just beginning to process the full implications of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the new and tighter restrictions placed upon us by the UK Government. Businesses and their management are understandably concerned and confused; over the last...

90 Second Insights: Rodrigo Berardo Frederico
Notify’s smart Health & Safety reporting tools can allow you to log an incident or near-miss in 90 seconds or less – or about the time it will take you to read this post. The latest in our 90 Second Insights series features Rodrigo Berardo Frederico, who started...

Team Insights: Core values and why they’re important to me – Queen
At Notify, our core values are the heart of what we do, both in terms of how we operate as a team and how we develop our products. Our Values: Support each other and our customers Continuous development Courage Constructive dissatisfaction As a growing company, I...

90 Second Insights: Victoria Matuz
Using Notify's Health & Safety reporting tools, workers in almost 80 countries around the world are logging incidents and near-misses in 90 seconds or less – or about the time it will take you to read this post. The latest in our 90 Second Insights series features...

Tristan Meears-White: New Building Safety and Fire Safety Bills
2019 was a pretty exhausting year for us all but as she stoically marched through her 94th year, HM the Queen must have felt she suffered more than most from Brexit-induced shenanigans – after allegedly being fibbed to over prorogation she seemed to appear at the...

90 Second Insights: Queen Asianya-Olisa
Notify's smart Health & Safety reporting tools can allow you to log an incident or near-miss in 90 seconds or less – or about the time it will take you to read this post. The second in our 90 Second Insights series features Queen Asianya-Olisa, who started in our...

Tristan Meears-White: Why personal judgement is important when it comes to health & safety
Rules, regulations, plans, protocols... sometimes personal judgement is just as important. Having made a living for the last twenty-something years from advising businesses about regulatory compliance and good governance; I'm the last person who should be critical of...

Notify Insights: 2019’s Best Bits
2020 is going to be a big year for Notify. We're planning some exciting projects for our business and some major developments for our products. Equally, 2019 was a big year for us. Our business grew, our team grew, our customer base grew, and we’re now back from the...

Tristan Meears-White: F for “foreseeability”…
What do snowmen wear on their heads? Ice caps. Okay, that's the seasonal fun out of the way; now for something more serious. I am presently involved in a fatal accident case arising from an accident at work which took place some five years ago. The inquest concluded...

90 Second Insights: Paul Duff & mental health in the workplace
Using Notify, you can log an incident or near-miss in 90 seconds or less - or about the time it will take you to read this post. In the first of our series of 90 Second Insights, Customer Acquisition Executive Paul Duff tells us about himself and why he's passionate...

Grow your business, grow your risk?
With great power comes great responsibility. So it stands to reason that with greater power comes even greater responsibility. And that’s definitely the case when it comes to managing risks in a business. Whether you’re sat in an office with a team around you or...

Tristan Meears-White: Over-tired? What’s the legal stance?
In his latest column, our Subject Matter Expert, Tris Meears-White, takes a look at fatigue, sharing his own personal thoughts and experiences and the standpoint of the law regarding it. Lord above, I’m knackered. I’ve only just come back from holiday and one week...

Managing risk in educational establishments
The start of September sees schools, academies, colleges and universities gearing up for a new academic year. Lights are turned on; classroom doors are unlocked and stationery cupboards organised. For many educational establishments, the health and safety implications...

Tristan Meears-White: Working at Height and the Law – Is it time for an update?
In his latest column, our Subject Matter Expert, Tris Meears-White, takes a look at Working at Height, sharing his own personal experiences and the standpoint of the law regarding this increasingly important issue. If pressed, I am willing to concede that there are...

Key information Health and Safety professionals should be monitoring
The role of Health and Safety professionals is ever-changing. For years, many organisations saw this crucial management function as a box-ticking exercise, failing to appreciate the enormous impact Health and Safety has on overall business success and the potential...

Tristan Meears-White: Over-privileged? Let’s talk about Legal Professional Privilege.
When I first heard that I enjoyed the benefit of Legal Professional Privilege, I naturally assumed this referred to the fact that on admission to the roll of solicitors, I would be able to drink coffee and eat free biscuits in the members’ lounge of the Law Society on...

Common Health & Safety risks in Engineering & how to manage them
Effective management of Health and Safety risks in the engineering industry means being aware of the numerous potential hazards to your team. From the risks associated with operating heavy machinery to the use of harsh chemicals, the potential injuries and illnesses...

Tristan Meears-White: The trick to building a positive Health and Safety culture
In his latest column for Notify, our Subject Matter Expert and Health and Safety legal heavyweight Tris Meears-White takes a look at workplace Health and Safety culture, and how it's integral across every aspect of your business... Culture. Sometimes defined as “an...

Manufacturing Health and Safety – Getting it right in 2019
2019 so far has highlighted a number of issues that businesses need to be aware of in order to manage Manufacturing Health and Safety challenges. So far this year we’ve seen attitudes towards mental health change, technological developments change the way we work, and...

Health and Safety checklist for Schools – What you need to know!
Managing Health and Safety in schools can be a complex and challenging job. The variety of activities that students undertake in classes can mean that keeping on top of risk assessment, inspections and audits, as well implementing, reassessing and updating different...

Is modern workplace technology becoming toxic to employee Health & Safety?
Following on from his recent column looking at mental health in the workplace, Notify's legal Subject Matter Expert, Tris Meears-White, considers whether modern workplace technology is becoming toxic to Employee Health and Safety… “Modern life is rubbish” Well, bits...

Ways to improve Mental Health and Safety in Education
When dealing with Health and Safety in schools, colleges and educational establishments, it’s easy to focus only on minimising the risks that pose a physical threat to students and staff, when focusing on safeguarding mental health and safety is also just as...

Theme Park Safety – The risk of failure
Theme parks are considered a staple family attraction across the world, known best for their rides and rollercoasters that appeal to thrill-seeking children and adults alike. Their success and profitability are maintained by installing ever more daring rides and...

How to improve Occupational Health in the Construction industry through Technology
Managing Health and Safety in the construction industry and achieving an overall good level of occupational health involves the supervision of a wide array of risks and a huge level of dedication, organisation and knowledge. Construction workers face hazards that vary...

The top Health and Safety factors to consider when running an event
Events can throw up a variety of Health and Safety factors that can sometimes be unexpected. Ensuring your attendees are able to enjoy themselves fully means working to make the event safe, and smooth. Whether you’re planning a large outdoor concert-style event, a...

How Technology can minimise the most common Health and Safety risks in Construction
Construction is a dangerous industry, but technology can help to improve safety. Systems like fall detection and hazard monitoring can prevent accidents, while wearable sensors can monitor workers' health. Find out how technology can improve safety in construction....

Mind the gap! How Health and Safety and HR could be collaborating better to drive big impact
For some time now, there has been a growing overlap between the responsibilities of Health & Safety and HR professionals, in relation to employee well-being. Historically, it’s probably fair to say that many people in organisations saw H&S purely as a...

Let’s talk about… Mental Health at Work
In his latest column for the Notify blog, esteemed Health and Safety lawyer and Notify's resident Subject Matter Expert, Tristan Meears-White, takes a look at the complex topic of Mental Health and Work and what this means for employers today. Mental health can be a...

Thinking about introducing Health and Safety software? Here’s how to get it right.
One of the most common themes we hear when speaking to Health and Safety professionals is that the stress and upheaval of implementing new Health and Safety software might outweigh the benefits. Naturally, that’s something we disagree with, but nonetheless, the...

5 tips to help build employee engagement around Health and Safety
As with any business function, an effective Health and Safety department relies on constant goal-setting, effective communication and support. No longer is the function siloed from the other workings of the business, and rightly so. Employee engagement is key to the...

Risky Business: An introduction to Tristan Meears-White
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 evolution of the H&S professional: is the future of Health and Safety tech-centric?
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....

No such thing as a free lunch? Maybe. But Free Learning Events can transform your H&S strategy – here’s how!
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...

If data is the new oil…
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...

Notify guide to building a better safety culture
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...

Want to build a great safety culture? Think technology is the answer?
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...