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Ensuring safe polar exploration: expedition in the extremes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 –  Construction Phase Plans

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...