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First Aid at Work
First aid is an important part of a safe and healthy work environment. This safety talk looks at what you need to consider when deciding...
Feb 12, 20244 min read
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Securing Site - Holiday Close Down Checklist
Ideally we all would like all our projects ticked off by the holiday close down, unfortunately some projects may be ongoing. It is...
Dec 20, 20232 min read
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Fire Extinguishers, Common Issues
Fire Extinguishers are a important life saving safety device for businesses. They can be used to extinguish incipient stage fires. During...
Apr 18, 20233 min read
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4 Focus Areas of a Workplace Inspection
Work area inspections are an important task to ensure safe work conditions are continuing to be present. Over time a work area changes...
Mar 7, 20232 min read
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Health and Safety Spring Clean
Spring cleaning is not just for the house. Start Spring cleaning your health and safety now to ensure it is all up to date before the...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Pallet Safety
Pallets are fundamental to warehouse and industrial life. They are immensely helpful in allowing workers to move loads around in a safe...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Office Dangers
A job where most of the work tasks are completed whist sitting in a chair in an office would seem less fraught with danger. However, a...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Manual Handling
Manual handling injuries are amongst the most common injuries. ACC receives over 50,000 work-related claims for lifting, carrying and...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Managing Thermal Comfort
Winter is on its way and a common issue (and often a daily debate) is what the workplace temperature should be set at. This result in...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Lighting In The Workplace
Winter lighting can bring with it some risks to the workplace or even enhance other workplace risks due to poor visibility. Natural...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Foot Protection
Believe it or not, each foot contains 26 bones for support and 38 joints for movement! Your feet are a critical part of your body that...
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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Fire Extinguisher
Fire extinguishers provide people with a first line of defense in extinguishing small fires. Research shows that 80% of all fires in...
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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Emergency Response
Emergency response and emergency evacuation drills are important to practice to ensure, that in the event of an emergency, all employees...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Electrical Safety
Electrical safety improvements are a common issue we identify at many sites and workplaces. Many of these issues are minor to remediate,...
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Cold and Flu
Cold and flu season is quickly approaching us and it is important that we start to take preventative actions to reduce the spread of...
May 20, 20212 min read
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