COVID-19 has forced some major workplace safety changes. Now Health and Safety personnel need to ask: does everyone doing work onsite understand these measures? The difference between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ involves a well-considered permit to work system. A formal permit to work (PTW) system documents what work is happening, when and where. A workflow tracks … Read More
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a threat that’s here to stay. It has become clear that despite lifting some of the stricter rules, nothing will be quite the same as before. Until a more permanent solution is available, we will have to adapt the way we operate before we can return to work. … Read More
Enterprise EHS software is large-scale software designed for mid to large sized organizations. Here we look at what enterprise-class means.
The Scottish Government COVID-19: A Framework For Decision Making paper highlights the Health & Safety professional community as having an important role to play in what will be a long path to the “new normal.”
When the COVID-19 outbreak began, few perceived the world would be affected this much. Seemingly low risk aspects of life suddenly have the potential to cause incredible harm, such as grocery shopping, meeting family, or being near a colleague. The world has changed in an unprecedented manner, and we have been forced to work outside … Read More
The coronavirus that’s sweeping the world is forcing billions of people to find new ways of doing things. Nowhere is that truer than when it comes to work. Much of the world is now working from home. However, essential workplaces such as oil rigs and trade ports must stay open, with new safety measures designed … Read More
In these uncertain times, a lot of us have changed our office desk for the kitchen table, and although we certainly feel safer from the raging pandemic outside, working from home can have its own risks to watch out for. In 2019, only 5% of all UK workers said they mainly worked from home, which … Read More
Snippet: The icons have been published to help HR and safety professionals save a bit of time when pulling together new COVID-19 corporate resources. March 27, 2020 • Toronto, ON Pro-Sapien, specialist provider of EHS software on SharePoint, has published a new set of icons to represent COVID-19 preventative measures. The additional icons join the … Read More
Snippet: New Pro-Sapien deployments will be on the Modern experience by default, bringing features and benefits such as mobile-responsive dashboards, Action Manager card view, and a simplified site hierarchy. March 18, 2020 • Glasgow, UK Pro-Sapien, specialist provider of EHS software on SharePoint, has announced support for Modern SharePoint in the Office 365 version of … Read More
First days. No one likes them. It doesn’t matter if it is the first day at school, the first day of university, or, worst-case scenario, first day at work. We all know the symptoms: nerves, anticipation, hundreds of alarms in the morning… but are they really as bad as they’re made out to be? First … Read More
