Editorial
Aim for the best ever Safe and Healthy year in 2015 in your organisation!
January 2015
Sheila Pantry OBE
May we wish everyone, wherever you are in the World, a safe, healthy and happy and successful 2015!
Many people returning to work after the festivities will, no doubt, be making plans to improve the standards of health and safety in their workplace. It is important that the practices and systems in the workplace are constantly reviewed and if necessary, improved. The start of a New Year is a good time to do this review that may also indicate training requirements and updates and re-thinking how systems and services can be improved.
OSHWORLD – Get your 2015 Diary off to a cracking start
This is where OSHWORLD can help you. Look at the latest additions to the Diary of Events and you will see plans have been made already worldwide in 2015 to have training courses, symposiums and conferences in many places in the world on a wide range of subjects. Recessions should not stop training.
Remember that even if you cannot attend these many events, speakers and organisers are often willing to share their knowledge. Look at the details – where possible, we add in the web sites of these events so you can request further information. And please do let me know if you are organising any OSHE events so that I can add them to the Diary.
FOCUS
January 2015 OSHWORLD FOCUS is entitled UK HSE calls for New Year resolution on health and safety blame game in which the UK Health and Safety Executive wants businesses that provide customer service to turn over a new leaf and stop blaming health and safety for poor or over-the-top decisions.
Another area to watch is to ensure that you are up-to-date in your wider health and safety information knowledge. Remember ignorance of the law and its requirements is NO excuse. So do you want to keep up-to-date in worldwide occupational health, safety, hygiene, road safety, water safety, environment trends and the latest information? Do budget constraints not allow you to buy all the journals, newsletters and documents that contain the latest information? Can’t afford the time to search for the latest information, legislation and standards? No staff to search for this information? And no time yourself to spend hours searching for information?
OSH UPDATE + FIRE
Then try these Practical, Affordable Solutions for your health, safety, fire and environment information needs – Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd offers the following full text and bibliographic services that are continually updated and available via the Internet.
These services contain wide ranges of information – not only from Europe but from around the World. Check out OSH UPDATE + FIRE www.oshupdate.com electronic collection of information sources. Information Seekers will find a wealth of authoritative and validated advice including best practices, case studies, journal articles, reports, legislation, standards and much more.
The electronic services OSH UPDATE + FIRE will help you and your organisation to keep up-to-date. The services continue to bring you the latest information on health, safety, environment, fire and other subjects that you will find useful in your daily work.
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Resources
In addition to the above we hope that you find the information in OSHWORLD useful in your daily work. Globally there are continually new titles, news items, new products so remember to look at the News to find the latest information from a range of worldwide sources.
Use OSHWORLD as your portal to many hundreds of validated and authoritative web sites that you can find in the Country and Subject links we offer. New subject topics are constantly brought together on web sites, e.g. nanotechnology and the workplace.
Most information services have a reference shelf where you can quickly check the reference sources – so OSHWORLD brings you a collection of Reference sources and also teaches you how to Search the Internet.
Visit the various Bookshops to order any new document as they are being published. Many of these Bookshops have a constant stream of new titles available.
Please send any suggestions or comments about OSHWORLD – your portal to validated and authoritative information. Remember also to look at our other really useful sites – www.sheilapantry.com and why not make a free entry about your company’s products in www.shebuyersguide.com.
Don’t forget to learn from history visit www.historyofosh.org.uk
Remember – Don’t work harder – work smarter! Be ahead of the game.
Well did you have a zero accident, incident-free and healthy year in 2014 in your workplace? Some would argue that this is not possible! But keep on trying again in 2015!
And do continue to make plans for your campaigns for 2015 and beyond!