Editorial

Wishing you a Healthy, Safe Covid-19, Stress Free and Very Happy Festive Season

December 2020
Sheila Pantry OBE

Festive Greetings to all our many readers worldwide…

The most turbulent year Worldwide finally comes to a close, for many people Christmas will be a very sad time as we remember the loss of loved ones to Covid-19. As ever, challenges of various kinds continue to present themselves in our workplaces and environment and as we are warned by the UK Prime Minister we all have to be “jolly careful” in whatever we do during these unusual times.

At this time of the year many people are very preoccupied worldwide getting ready to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Accidents, injuries and ill health can strike at any time, and is no respecter of festivities. So, the watchword is to be careful not only at work, but also when travelling and preparing for the Festive Season in your own home.

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The 26 databases and contents are from worldwide class organisations such as the US NIOSH, the UK Health and Safety Executive, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and many more similar global organisations.

In 2020 we have all had to pay more attention to all aspects of health and safety – whether at home, travelling and at work – even the home based workers and their managers have had to carryout risk assessments of the new situations they found themselves in.

This time of the year is a good time for all organisations worldwide to review their health and safety goals for 2021 and decide on the training or re-training that is needed for all levels of staff and definitely update their information resources.

Check out these successful efforts that are in OSH UPDATE + FIRE and OSHWORLD and introduce them into your workplace!

It is always good to keep researching and finding out if there are services and other ways of keeping up to date in this fast-changing world of ours.

Time is precious and many people are really stretched in their jobs and find it difficult to keep ahead in current knowledge that they should have for their jobs.

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OSH UPDATE + FIRE

You will find many examples of good practices, information, guidance and advice, research reports, leaflets and much more that has been brought together in OSH UPDATE + FIRE www.oshupdate.com – THE key tool to all your health, safety, fire and information requirements!

This time of the year is a good time for all organisations worldwide to review their health and safety goals for 2020 and decide on the training or re-training that is needed for all levels of staff and update their information resources.

It is always good to keep researching and finding out if there are services and other ways of keeping up to date in this fast-changing world of ours.

Time is precious and many people are really stretched in their jobs and find it difficult to keep ahead in current knowledge that they should have for their jobs.

So, help is at hand for those working in health, safety and fire and fire related industries which are brought together in an easy to use web service entitled OSH UPDATE + FIRE www.oshupdate.com that is constantly updated.

Then try these long established Practical, Affordable Solutions for your health, safety, fire and environment information needs from Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd.

Events

Update your 2021 diaries and calendars with training events including many offered online for workers at all levels.

Whether you are a manager, director, safety representative, supervisors or worker it is time to check out the training needed in your workplace.

look at the latest additions to the Diary of Events and you will see plans have been made already worldwide well into 2020 offering training courses, symposiums, webinars and conferences in many places in the world on a wide range of subjects.
make sure you do not put off training for yourself and your staff. In these days of tighter budgets perhaps training may be put on the “back-burner” – but think again how you can keep up with the latest techniques and training opportunities.
remember accidents and ill health in the workplace is VERY costly. OSH UPDATE + FIRE CONTENT WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH.

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 do let me know if you are organising any OSHE events – VIRTUAL OR OTHERWISE so that these can be added to the OSHWORLD Diary.

FOCUS

This month’s OSHWORLD FOCUS is entitled Looking Beyond Lockdown.

OSHWORLD – your portal to some great OSH and FIRE web sites in the world

Wherever you are in the world have a look at your health, safety, chemical, fire and environment procedures in your workplace and update them. Your review may also indicate training requirements and re-thinking how systems and services can be improved. This is where the free-of-charge OSHWORLD can help you.

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. robotics, drones, remote working, dealing with Covid-19 etc.

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
An invaluable resource for students, lecturers, trainers, health and safety professionals and others with a general interest in industrial history, the site sets out developments from the 1802 Factory Act all the way through to the most recent regulatory changes made by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Also visit www.sheilapantry.com/memorial

PLEASE don’t work harder – work smarter! Be ahead of the game.

Well did you have a zero accident, incident-free and healthy 2020 in your workplace? Some would argue that this is not possible! But keep on trying again in 2021.

And do continue to make plans for your campaigns for 2021 and beyond! BE SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY IN YOUR WORK.