EC Safety Solutions Ltd

27/12/2025

The of information about a higher-risk building is crucial for understanding risks, ensuring safety and complying with regulations.

Find out more about this vital asset: https://buildingsafety.campaign.gov.uk/building-safety-regulator-making-buildings-safer/building-safety-regulator-news/understanding-the-golden-thread/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bsr&utm_content=residents-partners

18/12/2025

🎄✨ Season’s Greetings from EC Safety Solutions ✨🎄

As 2025 draws to a close, the team at EC Safety Solutions would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our clients, partners, and colleagues.

Your continued support means the world to us, and we look forward to working with you again in 2026.

We wish you, your teams, and your families a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Festive Office Closure:

Our office will close at the end of the day on Monday, 22nd December and reopen on Friday, 2nd January 2026.

Emails will be monitored throughout the festive period.

For health & safety emergencies, please contact:

• Eric McCann: eric@ecsafetysolutions.com

• Steve Waterman: steve@ecsafetysolutions.com

With Seasonal Regards,

The EC Safety Solutions Team

13/12/2025

12 Days of Working Minds starts tomorrow.

Over the next 12 days, we’re sharing practical ways to prevent work-related stress — simple actions, free tools, and clear guidance to help you meet your legal duties and support your people.

From everyday check-ins and conversations to posters, planning tools and 2026 awareness dates, each day includes something you can put into practice straight away.

Take action now: explore the resources, try a new tool, and make stress management part of everyday work.

👉 https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/working-minds?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=working-minds

12/12/2025

A tree specialist in Derby has suffered life-altering back injuries after falling more than 30 feet from a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) basket.

The employee of AP Tree Specialists Ltd had been carrying out tree surgery on 25 January 2024 when the machine stopped working while elevated. With no one on site able to bring the basket safely to the ground, he attempted to abseil from the basket, resulting in a fall.

Our investigation found the company failed to plan, supervise, and carry out work at height safely. No suitable risk assessment was in place, employees were not trained in using lifting equipment, and there was no rescue plan.

HSE Inspector Kerry Scott said:
"This incident could have been avoided if the work had been properly planned with suitable risk assessments and safe systems of work, including a rescue plan. Employers must ensure employees are trained and supervised when working at height."

You can read more about this case here: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/12/09/tree-specialists-fined-after-worker-falls-from-height/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social+&utm_campaign=prosecution-push

12/12/2025

EC Safety Solutions is pleased to announce that we have once again been recognised with the Medway Healthy Workplaces Wellbeing Platinum Award.

This prestigious award reflects our continued commitment to embedding health, safety, and wellbeing into the core of our operations.

Achieving Platinum status demonstrates not only compliance with the highest standards but also our dedication to fostering a culture where wellbeing is prioritised across all aspects of the workplace.

We are proud to continue setting the benchmark for excellence in workplace wellbeing and remain focused on supporting both our employees and the wider business community in Medway and beyond.

If you're a Medway based business and would like to find out more about the Healthy Workplaces programme follow the link below:

https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200287/medway_healthy_workplace_programme

12/09/2025

Fun Friday – The Great British Tea Debate!

At EC Safety Solutions, we take health and safety seriously, but every now and again, we like to lighten things up a little bit.

So here’s today’s big question and week long argument within the office:

When making a proper cup of tea, do you put the milk in before or after the hot water?

It’s a debate as old as time, and we’d love to hear where you stand!

Vote in the comments below and lets settle this once and for all:

❤️ = Milk before 🥛
👍 = Milk after 🍶
👏 = I leave the tea bag in to get maximum flavour
😀 = I don’t drink tea, let us know your go to drink in the comments☕🚫

Let’s see which team wins

11/09/2025

At EC Safety Solutions, our commitment to workplace health and safety doesn’t stop at the UK border, Although Steve W's Passport does (if you know you know) Over the past few months, our consultants have been proud to support clients across Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Zurich, Milan, and most recently Paris.

Each visit has included:

1. Full office compliance audits
2. Fire risk assessments
3. DSE (Display Screen Equipment) assessments
4. Updates on staff training and regulatory requirements

By ensuring our clients remain fully compliant with both local legislation and global best practice, we’re helping to create safer, healthier, and more productive workplaces across Europe and beyond.

It’s always rewarding to see the positive impact our work has, and we’re proud to be the trusted health and safety partner for an international client base.

If your organisation operates across multiple locations and would benefit from consistent, professional safety support — we’d love to talk.

09/09/2025

That’s Steve W set up and ready to deliver first aid training

A bonus point to anyone who can name the famous landmark in the background

06/09/2025

Steve W is packing ready to visit a client in Paris 🇫🇷. As part of his 3 day visit he’ll complete an office compliance audit ✅building Fire Risk Assessment 🧯, workstation assessments 👨‍💻and deliver first aid training 🩹

He is a little bit worried what the person working on the airports X-ray 🩻 machine is going to make of his suitcase 🧳

28/08/2025

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08/07/2025

🤏👅 Grabbing the tongue to stop someone choking when unconscious 🤏👅

It’s a sight many football fans may be familiar with; two players take a knock leaving one unconscious. But it is what follows next that we’re focussing on today. In an effort to stop the unconscious player from “swallowing their tongue”, some players think they need to grab it.

Well, we’re grabbing our whistle and blowing for fulltime on this myth. It is not humanly possible for you to swallow your tongue. However, it can still block the airway.

If someone is unconscious, tilting the head back will open the airway, as it lifts the back of the tongue away from the back of the throat. Using two fingers to lift the chin will clear the airway even more.