![stronghold global logo[94]](https://www.strongholdglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Stronghold-Global-Logo94.png){kind=logo}
A drop in temperature shouldn’t mean a drop in Health & Safety and PPE standards. So equipping your workforce with the right clothing and site workwear for the winter months, as well as ensuring the environment they work in is made safe, is essential for their physical and mental well-being. Even with climate change,… Continue reading Cold comforts – how to prepare for the depths of winter
Author: Jac Stone
Fire safety in the workplace
Fire safety has been high up on the news agenda for the last few years following the Grenfell Tower disaster and the subsequent fall-out over unsafe cladding. A new Fire Safety Act was made law at the end of April 2021 and is designed to limit the chances of such tragedies ever happening again in… Continue reading Fire safety in the workplace
Putting your best foot forward when it comes to PPE
All employees should be supplied with free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) if they are involved in a task that carries any form of risk. From head to toe, it is vital that employees feel safe in the work environment and are suitably equipped to prevent injury. As slips trips and falls account for more workplace… Continue reading Putting your best foot forward when it comes to PPE
Eight Tips about Health & Safety at work
The last major piece of legislation around workplace safety in the U.K was the Health & Safety Act of 1974. But that’s not to say this crucial area has not evolved in the best part of a half a century, the picture now is very different to how it was back then because of a… Continue reading Eight Tips about Health & Safety at work
It’s time to give inadequate PPE the cold shoulder
The positioning of the UK geographically makes forecasting our weather extremely hard to predict. As a small island, in a temperate climate, at a high latitude with one of the world’s biggest oceans on one side of us, and a huge continent on the other, all manner of different weather systems come and go. … Continue reading It’s time to give inadequate PPE the cold shoulder
Top 6 facts on workplace safety
Safety in the workplace has always been a priority for employers but COVID-19 has pushed it ever further up the agenda. Ensuring employees get home safely once they have finished their working day is in everybody’s interests. Asides from the obvious duty of care that employers have to their employees, a fit and healthy… Continue reading Top 6 facts on workplace safety
Slips, trips and falls – it’s time to get a grip
It’s time to get a grip! Accidents by their very definition are events that happen by chance or without apparent or deliberate cause no matter how conscientious an employer you are. But keeping the risk of workplace injuries down to a minimum should be the aim of every business. Overall, since the Health… Continue reading Slips, trips and falls – it’s time to get a grip
The Importance Of Specialised PPE and Workwear
It is the duty of employers to ensure the safety of their employees on a daily basis and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a big part in this. PPE workwear supplies come in different forms and guises, from facemasks and nitrile gloves to other safety clothing such as coveralls, and should only be… Continue reading The Importance Of Specialised PPE and Workwear
What do different Hi-Vis standards mean?
Hi-Vis Safety Clothing Hi-visibility clothing is an essential part of a worker’s attire to ensure maximum safety in the workplace. Its basic function is to make the wearer stand out from the background and therefore reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace. PPE and Workwear As with all PPE, garments such as vests, t-shirts,… Continue reading What do different Hi-Vis standards mean?
Things to Consider When Choosing PPE
Even before the deadly and far-reaching effects of coronavirus took hold in March 2020, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and safety clothing were essential to the wellbeing of workers in certain fields of employment. From public sector workwear to facilities management PPE, Stronghold Global helps some of the UK’s leading companies and organisations to not only… Continue reading Things to Consider When Choosing PPE