How Often Should Staff Do Health and Safety Training?
When was the last time your team completed health and safety training? If you had to stop and think, it might be time for a refresher. Workplace safety training isn’t something you tick off once and forget about; it’s an ongoing commitment to your people and your business. Whether you’re in construction, hospitality, education, or […]
Annual Shutdowns: Why Proper Planning is Essential for a Safe & Efficient Turnaround
For energy recovery and gasification plants, annual shutdowns are more than just a scheduled pause in operations; they’re an essential opportunity to maintain, repair, and upgrade critical systems. But with so much activity compressed into a short timeframe, shutdowns can also present significant risks if not carefully managed. The key to success? Planning. Done properly, […]
Fire Safety Essentials: Are You Prepared for an Emergency?
Fire safety is one of those things we all know is important, but it’s easy to push down the to-do list until it’s too late. The truth is, fires don’t wait for the right moment. And when they happen, it’s the steps you’ve taken before the emergency that can make all the difference. Whether you’re […]
Common Workplace Hazards You Might Be Overlooking
We often think of workplace hazards as the obvious ones: machinery, chemicals, and working at height. But what about the less obvious dangers? The ones that creep in quietly and only get noticed when something goes wrong? The truth is, many workplace accidents happen not because of major risks, but because of things we’ve come […]
How to Protect Your Workforce This Summer
As the sun starts to shine and the temperature rises, so do the risks to your team’s health and safety. Whether your staff are on construction sites, in warehouses, driving vehicles, or working outdoors, heat stress is something you can’t afford to ignore. In simple terms, heat stress happens when the body struggles to cool […]
How to select a good training provider for your business.
When it comes to health and safety training, choosing the right provider is crucial. The provider you choose will determine the quality of training you receive, and whether or not your company meets all necessary legal requirements. In the UK, there are a variety of providers to choose from, so it can be overwhelming to […]
Top Safety Accreditation for Serene Safety
Local business Serene Safety has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. Alcumus SafeContractor is a leading accreditation scheme which recognises extremely rigorous standards in health and safety management amongst contractors. It is used by thousands of organisations in the UK including SMEs and FTSE 100 companies. Serene Safety is principally involved […]
Serene Safety Joins Norfolk Chambers of Commerce
Serene Safety has joined the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce to raise the profile of the business in and around East Anglia and our home county of Norfolk. Norfolk Chambers offers a range of benefits that will help and promote the Serene Safety brand and allow us to share our ethos on safety and health obligations […]
Zero Harm – ‘Achievable Target’ or a ‘Vision to Strive Towards’
‘Target Zero’, ‘Zero Harm’ or just ‘Zero’…… The premise takes many names but ultimately drives the concept of a workplace which has no adverse events that result in an injury, loss of life or damage to assets. I can absolutely get behind the goal and it is the driving force behind many safety and health […]
Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have recently released their provisional figures for work-related fatalities in the year 2021/2022 – We will have to wait for the final figures to be published in July 2023. Based on these provisional figures 123 workers were killed during this time – Let that just sink in for a moment. 123. That […]