- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Traffic Management by Philip Baker
- Some of you may be experiencing some difficulty accessing the discussion forums at the moment. This may be causing your internet explorer to freeze and stop responding. There have been a few people comment on this recently and we can only apologise for the inconvenience caused.
The reason for this issue is still unknown, but the support forums may have identified the issue as only affecting people who use Internet Explorer 5 or 6. Firefox users are not affected by this issue. So, if your work computers still use IE 5 or 6 (which they likely are), then you may experience this issue, but if you use IE7 or Firefox at home etc, then you should not experience this issue at all.
Workaround
There are two things to try to allow access to the forums.
1. Access the forums from the link on the home page - http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk - http://www.hsfb.co.uk - rather than from a shortcut on your desktop or in your favourites folder.
2. Access the forums using Firefox.
These solutions are not ideal, but this issue is beyond our control at the moment. We will update you all on this issue as it progresses. You can also keep track of the issue on the phpBB3 support forum topic here - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=936425&p=5503835#p5503835
If you have any questions, please Contact Us.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
HSfB Site News - 17 May 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
HSfB Site News - 29 March 2008
29 March 2008
- New article added to Your Articles
- One Day... by Rochelle of Cory Environmental
Sunday, March 16, 2008
HSfB Owner Runs the Edinburgh Marathon for CHAS - 16 March 2008
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John Johnston, the owner of Health and Safety for Beginners and employee of FMC Technologies, will run the full Edinburgh Marathon on 25 May 2008 with two other colleagues from FMC Technologies - Alan and Sheena - in aid of The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). The team building event, which is being backed by FMC Technologies, began in November 2007.
Alan, Sheena and John form the HSE Group at FMC Technologies and are aiming to help raise awareness for healthy living for the 600 strong workforce as well as raise money for a worthy cause.
CHAS is a Scottish charity established to provide hospice services in Scotland for children with life-limiting conditions. The hospice offers professional care, practical help and emotional support to the whole family from the day they are referred until the death of their child and beyond.
A blog has been set up to keep track of the event called First Time Marathon - http://www.firsttimemarathon.blog.co.uk/
The target for fundraising has been set at £3,000. If you would like to make a donation to help meet the target, you can donate securely online using the dedicated fundraising page at JustGiving - http://www.justgiving.com/firsttimemarathon
The First Time Marathon team would like to thank you for your support.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
HSfB Site News 21 January 2008
21 January 2008
- New download page added Culture
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Ladder Register Template by Nigel Bown
- 6 Monthly Scaffold Inspection Report Template by Nigel Bown
Saturday, January 19, 2008
HSfB Site News - 19 January 2008
19 January 2008
- New download page added Diploma Unit A
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Diploma Unit A Cases Q Cards by Simon Holmes
- Diploma Unit A Revision Cards by Simon Holmes
Thursday, January 17, 2008
HSfB Site News - 17 January 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
HSfB Site News - 13 January 2008
13 January 2008
- The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
HSfB - Site News 6 January 2008
6 January 2008
New Health and Safety Discussion Forums Launched
We are proud to announce that on Thursday 20 December 2007, HSfB launched its new look health, safety and environmental discussion forums which you can view here - Health and Safety Discussion Forums
The new discussion forums are based on the phpBB style which has been vastly improved in many ways by the phpBB team. Both security and functionality have been improved giving our members and visitors an excellent online experience.
A list of new features can be found on the phpBB website here - phpBB3 Gold Features
Here is just a sample of some of the new features and options now available to our members -
- User preferences offering a wide range of user defined customisations.
- Private messaging system which can be fully managed by users, including creating new folders and moving saved messages.
- Various anti-spam techniques have been added to allow administrators to keep our forums a nice place to be, including; CAPTCHA Visual Confirmation; blacklists; banning; warnings; user logging and many more.
- Users can now report individual posts to the moderator team at the touch of a button.
- Users can now attach multiple files to their posts.
- Users can save a draft of their posts allowing the post to be completed at a later time.
- More advanced search facility.
- Unread post flags are not lost after closing browser or logging off.
- Users can bookmark individual topics for future reference.
- Print topic functionality added.
- Email topic to a friend functionality added.
- Add friends/foes to user control panel.
- Users can manage private message and draft posts.
- And many more...
One side effect of the new upgrade is that members may have some difficulty in logging on to the new forums for the first time due to incorrect passwords. This is a known bug with the conversion/upgrade software. If you are affected by this unavoidable side effect, please Contact Us to have your account manually reactivated. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Another side effect is that our discussion forums RSS feed is temporarily unavailable for the time being. 
All that remains for us to say is thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy your new health, safety and environmental discussion forums.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
HSfB Site News - 18 November 2007
18 November 2007
- New downloads have been updated and added to the Downloads and Revision pages.
- Acts and Regulations to Remember for NEBOSH Certificate by HSfB Updated
- NEBOSH Exam Hints & Tips.doc by Jane Riley Updated
- Construction Basics by Coldrop
- Fire Risk Assessment by Claire Odd Updated
Saturday, November 10, 2007
HSfB - Site News 10 November 2007
10 November 2007
- The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
HSfB Site News - 6 November 2007
6 November 2007
- The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
HSfB Site News - 20 October 2007
20 October 2007
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Site Safety Inspection by Coldrop
- Traffic Management by Coldrop
- HS(G)65 and Culture by Mike McDonnell
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan PEEP by HSfB
Sunday, September 30, 2007
HSfB - Site News 30 September 2007
Health & Safety for Beginners had entries to be posted on their website forum www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk that cans of Evo-Stik Expanding Foam, produced by Bostik Limited, are bursting for no reason or when shaken. Bostik has informed Health & Safety for Beginners that their product does not burst for any reason and therefore the forum discussion may wrongly give the impression that this was the cause of a fatal accident.
Health & Safety for Beginners are not responsible for the forum entries and do not endorse their content.
Health & Safety for Beginners has been subsequently informed by Bostik that the product is safe to use when the user follows the instructions on both the pack and the accompanying safety data sheets. The cans do not just burst of their own volition.
The fatal accident is currently being investigated by HSE who have not released a statement. Any safety alerts that you may have seen have not been endorsed by the HSE.
Hearth & Safety for Beginners acknowledge Bostik's assertion that Evo-Stik Expanding Foam is not a faulty product. The manufacturers have asked us to take this opportunity to remind all members to ensure full compliance with the instructions and guidance booklets contained in any products before use. Members should be highlighting to all employees and contractors the importance of reading fully the instructions for use, if they fail to do so there may be serious potential consequences if these instructions are not adhered which could include personal injury and or even a fatality.
