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16 November 2009
Food safety: We will be updating all our customers who operate catering on site through the next reporting period. In the meantime it is essential that all catering managers and supervisors re state the basic food safety issues to their staff as the recent E - Coli outbreak in .....
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10 November 2009
Machinery guarding: The start of November has seen some very large fines handed out to companies that have failed to adequately guard their machinery, plant and equipment. Some very fundamental procedures could have saved these fatal and maiming accidents, so what should you be doing?
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23 October 2009
IOSH ACCREDITED TRAINING. Green Dragon and Green Dragon Rail are now able to offer the full range of IOSH accredited training courses tailored your (our customers), needs. These are not "open" courses but courses designed specifically for your company and your company’s staff requirements focusing.....
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18 October 2009
Lone Work. Updated guidance has been published by the HSE on the management of staff who work alone. The updated guidance does not impose any new duties on employers but does re affirm the point that staff that are working alone are at an increased.........
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05 October 2009
As you can see the new web site is up and running and I think it is a big improvement on the previous site. A Big thank you to Ian at Next Level Digital for his hard work and diligence at getting this all up and running. As ever comments, questions issues please get in touch with us, thank you from the GD team.
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28 September 2009
Are you being bothered by phone calls from the PRS? Who seem to be phoning businesses in the area regarding the playing of music at work. Many customers have called to ask about the legal status of this trade organisation who
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2 September 2009
Changes to First Aid training will take effect from the first of October 2009. There is a new course that will be introduced from this date which is only one day and will suffice for most work needs. The course is called...
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18 August 2009
Health surveillance, when is it required and do you need it? It seems from our helpline responses that the HSE is getting interested in health surveillance. Why are they suddenly picking up on this? It is not yet clear to us but do you need to...
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3 August 2009
Environmental issues - Noise. Some of our customers are recieving complaints from the general public about noise. This is particularly annoying to people in the silent hours or early morning. This may not be caused by the use of equipment or machinery but may be from simple things such as....
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16 July 2009
CSCS Cards. We have had several enquiries regarding the CSCS card scheme and its administration, ranging from, is this the best one to get, can the test be taken on line, how do I register, are just a few. The CSCS card scheme has a web site at....
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9 July 2009
Quarterly update for July. This has just been sent out. if you havn't yet had yours please let us know and we will get one out to you.
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3 July 2009
Cutting back on paperwork? The HSE has just released its new strategy and in this they suggest only doing the paperwork that is neccessary. That is all well and good but what happens if you have an accident and they ask to see the paperwork? If...
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19 June 2009
Breifing note 3 of 2009 has been issued covering the duties of directors and managers regarding SHEF at work matters. This has been E mailed out on our main list for both Green Dragon and Green Dragon Rail customers. if you have not recieved yours please let us know and we will send one out.
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16 June 2009
A number of customers have asked us questions regarding how many safety trained staff they need. They have been confused by the HEALTH & SAFETY OFFENCES ACT 2008. This act has not introduced any new duties on businesses, it has however made it easier to..
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3 June 2009
TRAINING RECORDS: Are yours up to date? On a recent site visit to one of our customers the HSE Inspector focused on the training record for the IP. It is important that all staff training records are up to date and appropriate for the tasks that...
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12 May 2009
Ignoring the actions of your staff could lead to a prosecution. A large and very well known High St retailer has has recently been prosecuted following an accident at one of its sites, due to the actions of a member of staff...
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2 May 2009
Driver CPC. Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) came in to force in Sept 2008 for bus and coach drivers and comes in to force in Sept 2009 for C and D Licence holders. What will this mean for...
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16 April 2009
April 09 quarterly update has been sent to all Green Dragon and Green Dragon Rail customers by e mail. Have you seen yours? As usual if there are any questions please let us know and we will let you know the answers.
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2 April 2009
The Anderson Review. In 2008 Sarah Anderson conducted a review for the Government of the way SMEs take up and respond to legislation etc. if you were thinking this would bring a reduction in red tape and paperwork, then think again...
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18 March 2009
Fire alarms. Top Tip. If you are the proprietor of a place of entertainment and the fire alarm goes off. DO NOT instruct your stewards to block off the fire exits and try and get everyone...
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