This article of mine – Make Yourself Heard – appears in the February edition of Health and Safety at Work magazine. It argues that HSE professionals need to broaden their knowledge base and develop their influencing skills in order to communicate a stronger message to board directors and senior managers.
We’ve written a series of five articles for Renewable Energy Magazine which explores the health & safety challenges facing the onshore wind energy sector during difficult economic times. As has been highlighted throughout this series, the development of an effective safety culture should be a board level concern, particularly for organizations operating in high… Read more »
Emergency exercises usually use casualty simulators – or dummies – to represent the human cost of industrial accidents. By using actors to introduce authentic and unpredictable human responses, the level of realism and challenge is greatly increased. This case study – featuring Nynas – shows how the effectiveness of emergency exercises is improved by introducing… Read more »