HSE Ramp Up Inspections on Metal Working

The HSE has just announced that they are undertaking Metalworking inspections, starting in October 2023. From October through to March 2024, HSE will be inspecting manufacturing businesses that use metalworking fluids or coolants in machining processes. There HM Inspectors will focus on how employers are ensuring their workers are protected from exposure to metal working fluids or […]

Fire Door Safety Week

We’re recognising Fire Door Safety Week – 25th – 29th September 2023 – as an opportune time to highlight the critical role fire doors play in the preservation of life and building fire safety. Unfortunately, as Sentient Consultants visit and walk around premises undertaking Health and Safety Audits and Fire Risk Assessments, we are finding […]

The Evolving Virus & Its Impact

Since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic in 2019, the virus has continued to mutate and there is growing concern, amongst scientists, regarding the latest strain of the virus commonly known as ‘Eris’. Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency, shows around 11 people per 100k of the population tested positive for this […]

HSE – Work-related Fatality Figures Published

The reason our team of Health & Safety Consultants repeat the importance of carrying out risk assessments and implementing safe systems of work, is to minimise the risk of a fatality or serious injury occurring within your workplace.  The Health & Safety Executive have published figures in relation to the number of work-related fatalities within […]