by Bernard Carey | Sep 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Excessive confidence A respected professional colleague recently wrote a Blog entitled ‘Is what you don’t know putting lives at risk?’; referring to the work of a pair of American psychologists named Dunning and Krueger who established around 15 years ago...
by Bernard Carey | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Could you be caught out by unexpected behaviour? I was at a Business Networking event recently, listening to a very good speaker who gave an excellent talk on what might be loosely termed Motivation in Business. At the end of the 45 minutes or so presentation, having...
by Bernard Carey | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fatality at work… So, a fatality is the ‘worst case scenario’ for your company, but do you understand what will happen if the ‘unthinkable’ happens…? The first few days… So, you’ve an Employer and have had a serious...
by Bernard Carey | Mar 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
UK Electrical Background Most people are familiar with Electrical Socket Safety Covers, but why are they sold in the UK and why are they dangerous? Around the world, electrical systems differ widely, not just in voltage but in the various national/regional ways that...
by Bernard Carey | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Why are the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) calling for a ban on Laser Pens or Laser Pointers? What do they actually mean by a ‘Laser Pointer’? How long before a serious accident resulting from Laser Pointer misuse? Just what is the problem with...
by Bernard Carey | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the things that really wind me up as a safety professional, is other people, i.e. companies, misrepresenting Health & Safety to further their own ends; particularly within the safety equipment field. Fire safety is one such area. I recently saw an...
by Bernard Carey | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some two and a half years ago, I read a professional magazine article [1] entitled ‘Schools – Health and safety management – The blackboard bungle?‘. It raised questions about the way schools were coming out of local authority control and were there...
by Bernard Carey | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you’re a small construction business, what does CDM2015 mean to you? There’s a very good chance that you don’t know what it is, or you don’t think it applies to you. After all, you’re just an Electrician, Plasterer, Chippie, Plumber, Window Installer, or Kitchen...
by Bernard Carey | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Something I get quite passionate about is First Aid training, whether for the workplace, or the community at large. For the workplace, it could be that final mitigation for life over death when all other measures have failed. Appropriate First Aid coverage is a legal...
by Bernard Carey | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Has this new legislation passed you by? The last government in the guise of justice secretary Chris Grayling claimed it would “slay much of the ‘elf and safety’ and jobsworth culture that holds back so much of our society”. With the press covering stories of people...
