Haven Health and Safety

21/10/2025

'The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 operate on the basis that risk is low if the material is undamaged and left undisturbed.

This policy of in situ management is bad in theory and worse in practice.

A recent audit by the National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants and the Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association found that “of 128,761 buildings … examined over a six-month period, 78% had asbestos,” and that “71% of the asbestos items recorded … were damaged”; 30% were in the highest risk category, requiring immediate removal.'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/20/asbestos-britain-epidemic-deaths-buildings

18/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1M4bsxNDmc/

A waste management company has been fined £2.48 million after a worker was killed by a reversing skip wagon at a site in Bradford.
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2025-10-17/waste-company-fined-248m-after-worker-killed-by-reversing-truck

03/10/2025

Queuing on the way out of the football last night (which we will NOT be discussing) and came across this fresh hell 😳

29/09/2025

🧐 Have you been thinking about Occupational Health and looking after your employees health? 💪

I can highly recommend this now recorded Webinar: Ensuring you get the occupational health service (OHS) you need: https://wbmwebinars.com/ensuring-you-get-the-occupational-health-service-ohs-you-need

Great engaging speakers Principal Inspectors - giving it you straight from the horses mouth - the HSE!!

Ensuring you get the occupational health service (OHS) you need

22/09/2025

👌 well played Brighton ⚽

21/09/2025

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💛 Feeling lonely doesn’t mean you’re alone.

Loneliness has been recognized by the WHO as a serious health concern - as risky as smoking 15 ci******es a day. In the UK, 1 in 4 adults say they feel lonely.
For people in farming, equestrian roles, or rural communities, that feeling often runs deeper.

It’s not the same to be alone as to feel lonely. You can be surrounded by people and STILL feel disconnected. Emotional loneliness, social loneliness, and even existential loneliness — they all matter.

But there’s something powerful you can do today:
✅ Reach out — ask someone how they are really.
✅ Talk. Share your feelings. It’s not a weakness.
✅ Connect in little ways — a text, a call, sharing time in the yard, the stables, the café… wherever.

💜If it ever gets overwhelming, Riders Minds are here for all equestrians, farmers and rural communities 24/7. You matter.

❤️You are not alone. You’re seen, you’re important, and this community cares. ❤️

👉 For more information and to find help go to: https://ridersminds.org/loneliness/

💜𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩
🌎Live webchat: https://ridersminds.org/
🇬🇧Live text support: 07480 488 103
🇬🇧Call the helpline: 0800 088 2073
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15/09/2025

?? Did you know??

As a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) our governing body, as well as our standard Continual Professional Development training type stuff we do every year to maintain our Competence, we also complete modules on
Ethical Practice in Occupational Safety and Health?

It means that we understand how to and agree to do business ethically 👍 as dictated by the Code of Conduct we agree to every year.

10/09/2025

90 minutes 🔴⚪🔴

Every 90 minutes, someone in the UK takes their own life.

Nottingham Forest and the Premier League are working with Samaritans to provide support for fans that need it most.

You support us, let us support you.

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10/09/2025

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🎗Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.🎗
💕𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

𝗔𝘀𝗸. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸.

➡Read more about having courageous conversations here: https://ridersminds.org/my-mental-health/courageous-conversations/

💜𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩
🌎Live webchat: https://ridersminds.org/
🇬🇧Live text support: 07480 488 103
🇬🇧Call the helpline: 0800 088 2073

02/09/2025

An interesting post in the news today 🤔

Sir Keir Starmer has made house building one of his government's priorities, and regularly rails against NIMBY culture. But Sky News can reveal the government's own regulator has also been getting in the way of people moving into new homes.

30/07/2025

As it is the School Holidays and Children are out and about now maybe a good time to take a look at the FREE online course provided by LANTRA - Children on Farms (e-learning).

It can be found at; https://www.lantra.co.uk/product/35531

This free course will provide you with guidance on keeping children on your farm safe.

17/07/2025

A lovely easy set up for today's training 👍