Herefordshire Health and Safety Group

28/03/2021

Environmental update

New energy labelling from 1 March
New ESOS guidance available
Wales Landfill tax change 1 April - standard rate £96.70

22/03/2021

Worth a read.

The Government has announced new regulations to boost building safety and £16 million for fire and rescue authorities.

20/02/2021

Flood alert Wye and Lugg

A FLOOD alert has been placed on the River Wye meaning 'flooding is possible - be prepared'.

18/02/2021

We have a private, members only group that you can join if you would like to share items for discussion or comment, for topic for talks, any anything else. Please go to group and request entry. Once we have checked the membership is up to date you will be invited in. Like our FB page, and get invited.

29/01/2021

Network Rail fined £135k following electrocution, Coronavirus advice for employers, PPE and coronavirus, A guide to home working and IOSH President James Quinn on how coronavirus has affected health and safety in construction.

24/11/2020

Hello Hereford Health and Safety Group,

You are invited to Hereford Health and Safety Group’s online seminar for a reminder on Workplace Transport and an update on Covid-19 on Wednesday 25th Nov 2020 at 10am.

We will have a guest speaker; Liam Gallagher, Group Fleet Safety Coordinator of City Facilities Management Holdings (UK) Ltd as well as our own experienced panel on discuss questions and concerns. If desired, you can forward questions prior to the meeting to info@herefordhsg.co.uk.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldOqgpzkjGtySYaL8CCwQdPeoXg8b6jpZ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please forward this invitation to your colleagues, clients, supply chain and anyone else who you would think would benefit from this seminar.

(see also attached: UK Matrix mini-quiz)

Thank You

Hereford Health & Safety Group seminar on General Workplace Transport

23/08/2020

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13/08/2020

Iosh are providing some training free to non-members. Please check to see if you could benefit from this.

One major question for organisations dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic was how do you maintain safe, healthy, effective operations and develop your people without face-to-face training sessions?

11/08/2020

2019/2020 fatality numbers published
https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=annualstats-2020&utm_term=fatals-1&utm_content=construction-aug-20

11/08/2020

IOSH ZOOM SEMINAR

Safety culture programmes and the use of drones

Presenter: Gareth Cook is a Chartered Member of IOSH and the Managing Director of High Compliance Ltd – a specialist drone, technology and consultancy company.

He has over 20 years’ experience in the risk management sector, operating and consulting in the oil & gas, construction, engineering, manufacturing, facilities management and security industries.

His vision is to harness his experience and ensure High Compliance clients benefit from increased productivity, manage risk in real time whilst reducing the overall risk and cost of running their businesses.

This is achieved by using the latest technologies, drones, training, coaching and consultancy services.

Date: Thursday 27th August 2020
Time: 19:00-21:00 (UK time)
Zoom Link:

A brief overview will be given on the possibilities drones present for industry. The session will specifically focus on a safety culture programme led by drones which makes use of live feed site inspections, 3D mapping and GPR drone surveys – excitingly, the live feed enables stakeholders to sign ...