Press Release – 18 August 2006

OSH-IRELAND… aiming to help Ireland’s organisations achieve higher standards of occupational health and safety in their workplaces

If you think health and safety is expensive try having an accident. This sobering thought should persuade Ireland’s organisations, training companies and colleges that they must have the most authoritative information at their fingertips.

OSH-IRELAND is a collection of information that has, over the past 10 years become the essential source for organisations and practitioners seeking up-to-date information on all aspects of occupational safety and health (OSH) in Ireland.

Much time is spent these days searching the Internet for validated and authoritative information often resulting in out-of date sources. In this fast moving world it is essential to have quick access to validated, authoritative and constantly updated information collections. The ones, such as OSH-IRELAND that are brought together and maintained by information specialists are one sure way of getting good quality data.

As new research and new ways of working, with the attendant alterations in products, services and technology developments means that no-one, especially those responsible for securing good standards good standards of health and safety in their workplaces of all kinds, should be without the latest information.

Information Searchers should also be aware that the myth abounding in the world that everything is published on the Internet and is free is just not true!

Easy to use and very affordable, OSH-IRELAND is published by Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd with the co-operation of the Health and Safety Authority, Dublin, Ireland and other prominent OSH organisations, and contains the following complementary databases providing full text information:

Occupational safety and health and related Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory Instruments
Appropriate European Health, Safety and Environment Directives
Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) current publications, reports, guidance, advice and annual reports
Standard Forms, Certificates of Exemption and Exception
Other relevant Government Department publications
Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) health and safety guides and “Your Questions Answered”
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) health and safety standards
National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) publications and NISO e-Newsletter
UK Health and Safety Executive guidance and advice

OSH Ireland also contains three bibliographic databases containing references to: appropriate National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) OSH standards (in addition to those included as full text documents), appropriate health and safety British Standards, and The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) extensive bibliographic database of records to a wide range of journal articles, guidance and advice from worldwide organisations.

OSH-IRELAND contains thousands of full text pages of information – see the contents on www.sheilapantry.com but why not take a FREE 30-DAY TRIAL now?

Send your request for an Internet trial now.

A 30-day trial free of charge means that you will have an evaluation period of 30 days. If you decide to subscribe to the database, Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd will invoice you. If you decide that you do not wish to purchase the database there will be no charge, access will be timed out after 30 days.

There is also opportunity for a number of small companies or a group of consultants to form a consortia to subscribe to OSH Ireland – the most effective way of getting up-to-date and validated information.