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OHS continue to win impressive tenders from across the private and public sectors.
The opening of additional Regional offices gives the company operational flexibility and the trademarked OHS Knowledge Chain management process provides a clear, consistent and systematic route to Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and compliance.
Cardiff Council Housing Neighbourhood and Renewal Service and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust are two of OHS’s latest client additions.
Around 75 per cent of Britain’s schools contain asbestos. With the right support and training, schools can manage asbestos effectively
Written by Joanne Lewis, chair of the education group for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Learning to manage the risks in day-to-day activities is part of a good education. School pupils learn how to handle a wide variety of risks, from the busy road where a crossing or lollipop warden helps pupils to cross safely to the science lab where safety spectacles stop chemicals splashing into students’ eyes.
When the danger is hidden and its effects aren’t apparent until years later, it becomes more menacing and more difficult to manage – a monster in the cupboard waiting to pounce. Asbestos is just such a monster, prevalent in many of our schools as well as domestic properties. But with knowledge and effective management, we can tame it.
If you are an electrician, plumber, joiner, window fitter, roofer, IT, or work within the trades and even the DIY enthusiast you may be affected by asbestos exposure. How? Properties built before 2000 may or quite probably contain asbestos. Asbestos insulation board (AIB) used for insulation, asbestos cement, used for roofing, asbestos tape, soffits, lots of asbestos containing products are within our homes and our workplaces
Knowing how to identify products that may contain asbestos and having the skills to work on them safely without causing exposure to asbestos fibres is the simplest way to combat a deadly product that HSE estimates kills 20 tradesmen a week and an estimated 90,000 every year worldwide.
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