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HSA Inspections Ireland 2025

HSA Ramps Up Workplace Inspections in 2025 - Are You Prepared? The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in Ireland has significantly increased workplace inspections for 2025, raising the number from 10,000 to 11,000—a 10% surge compared to last year. This ramp-up comes amid a spike in workplace accidents and fatalities, especially in high-risk sectors like construction, manufacturing, and waste management. For contractor companies and HR professionals, this means one thing: the time to prepare is…

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Choosing the Right Health and Safety Training Provider: Ensure Compliance Workplace Safety

Choosing the Right Health and Safety Training Provider The Critical Choice in Workplace Safety In today's dynamic work environments, ensuring employee safety isn't just a regulatory obligation—it's a moral imperative. The effectiveness of your health and safety protocols hinges significantly on the quality of training provided. But with a plethora of training providers available, how do you discern which one aligns best with your organization's needs? The Significance of Selecting the Right Provider Choosing an…

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The importance of PSCS & PSDP in construction projects

The importance of PSCS & PSDP in construction projects In Ireland, the construction industry operates under rigorous health and safety legislation designed to protect workers and the public. Central to this regulatory framework are two pivotal roles: the Project Supervisor for the Design Process (PSDP) and the Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS). Each role carries distinct responsibilities crucial for managing safety throughout the lifecycle of a construction project. For anyone involved in construction—whether clients, contractors,…

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Tailoring Safety Training for your Staff & Contractors

Conflict resolution is a challenging area, but as a manager or supervisor, it comes with the job. Although it is challenging, it can extremely rewarding also. It’s another attribute that you can add to your skill set and an excellent addition to your personal development.

Compliance Training, Contractor Management, Manual Handling, Online Training, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Safety Statement, Workplace Accidents, Workplace Health & Safety, Workstation Safety

Manual Handling

Manual Handling GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE Back injuries and back pain are something that most people suffer during their lifetime. A lot of the time, back injuries happen in the workplace. In fact, according to the HSA manual handling accidents are the most common accidents (2019) and these accidents usually cause back injuries. So, it makes sense for any company to focus on reducing all manual handling risks as much as possible to ensure employees are…

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Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE We hear the term risk assessments bandied about all the time regarding health and safety. However, from my experience, many people are unaware of how important they are, what they are and how they really are the foundation of ensuring you are adhering to health and safety legislation and maintaining your health and safety management system. In simple terms, a risk assessment is a thorough examination of what, in a workplace, could cause harm,…

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The Benefits of Health and Safety Induction Training

Everyone that visits your site should have some kind of formal induction. Each induction will need to cover different topics, for example, Visitors won’t need to know how to fill out a permit to work form, but they will need to know where their assembly point is, in the event of an emergency.

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Standardising Contractor Training

The best place to start in relation to standardising your training for contractors is an induction process. As well as contractor induction training, it is important that you compile and maintain an Approved Contractor Control Register.

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Contractor Management – Managing the Risk Potential

Whilst there are significant advantages of using contractors, an organisations safety management system must be geared to manage the potential imported risk. Andy Tilleard explores the 4 phases of the basic framework to oversee contractor management.