8 Compelling Reasons to Digitise your Safety Audits
For several years, globalisation, combined with significant advances in technology has led to a fundamental shift in how health and safety professionals utilise technology to manage EHS compliance. The pandemic has proven a further catalyst for this change, as workforces have adapted to work remotely, and safety-related risks have become more complex in the light […]
Riskex Hires New Head of Sales to Underpin Accelerated Growth in Safety Technology
We are pleased to announce Gareth Godfrey joins Riskex as the new Head of Sales. Gareth brings with him an excellent track record in enterprise SaaS software sales in a diverse range of sectors over the past 17 years. Gareth takes responsibility for the commercial function with a focus on the businesses’ customer success strategy. […]
Managing the vaccination recording status of employees as part of your “Return to Work” strategy
In the UK, employers are permitted to collect health data from employees to the extent that the information is necessary to ensure the safety of the workplace, meaning you are allowed to collect vaccination data – providing the reasons for doing so are in the interest of improving the safety of the business. (https://www.insideprivacy.com/covid-19/covid-19-processing-of-vaccination-data-by-employers/) There […]
Ten Points To Consider When Managing Safety In Warehousing
There are many safety risks associated with working in warehouses, and despite high levels of compliance in the UK, there continues to be work-related fatalities and serious injuries every year. The latest statistics from the HSE reveal that in the reporting period 2022/23, 15 workers lost their lives and a further 29,000 sustained non-fatal injuries […]
Rail Industry Report Concludes Improved Safety is Required After an Increase in Worker Deaths
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published their annual report of health and safety on Britain’s railways, revealing that although the rail sector has seen an almost 40% reduction in near misses over the past 12 months between workers and trains, the year had also seen an increase in workforce fatalities. Ian Prosser, […]
Substances Hazardous to Health: Storing and Managing Chemicals
The risks associated with storing substances hazardous to health vary greatly, depending on the substance itself and the quantity being stored. When creating COSHH Risk Assessments, the control measures will vary but must consider the properties of the substance to be stored. Different substances hazardous to health create very different risks because of their hazards. […]
Health and Safety Horrors Filming “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939
Ground-breaking at the time, and an enduring whimsical favourite, it seems hard to believe that “The Wizard of Oz” has been entertaining families since 1939. Whilst the story contains some dark themes and innovative special effects for the time, the reality of the dangers faced by the cast and crew on the film set are […]
Riskex Appoints Managing Director to Drive Growth Through Portfolio Expansion
Riskex, a privately owned and fast-growing safety risk management SaaS provider, has today announced that Nikki Sammé has been appointed as Managing Director. Nikki joins Riskex after spending the last 12 months supporting the business in a consulting capacity and has been instrumental in the business’s impressive above-market growth throughout the pandemic, driven by its […]
Riskex snaps up Quintin Matthee as new Technical Operations Project Manager
Riskex warmly welcomes Quintin Matthee in a new project management role, focussed on optimising customer experiences Quintin Matthee is warmly welcomed to the Riskex team in a pivotal new role as Technical Operations Project Manager. With a strong background in SaaS project delivery management, Quintin will lead the Technical Operations Team, delivering both customer specific […]
Long Working Hours Killing 745,000 People Per Year, Study Finds
We all know how important maintaining a healthy work-life balance is. There has been much discussion on the subject in recent times with an increasing number of employees now reporting that they are working longer hours at home than they were in the office. Everyone knows how important it is to switch off from work […]