The BRC Global Standard for Food Safety was created and has been developed to specify the food safety, quality and operational criteria required to be in place within a food manufacturing organisation to fulfil obligations with regard to legal compliance and...

Since March/April 2020, and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Occupli Consultancy have assessed many home workstations on our virtual platform.  With 1000s of assessments, there was a broad spectrum of home working set-ups viewed to say the least with the good, bad...

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have published updated guidance for businesses that are involved in the consignment, loading, unloading and carriage of dangerous goods by road. The new guide provides a summary of the legal provisions of the ADR (Agreement...

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To prove routine governance work goes on during Covid-19, two new pieces of health and safety-related legislation came into force at the end of November.The new PPE Regulations, replace Schedule 2 of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (General Application)...

Karina joined Occupli in November 2021 as Quality Manager. Karina joins Occupli after working within the groups sister company “The Food Safety Company” since 2014. She has been brought onboard to assist with a number of different strategic projects with Occupli. She...

Winter Driving Preparedness was compiled by Matthew Culloty, Ergonomic & Safety Consultant at Occupli Consultancy.   The current climate may not feel like your typical Irish November conditions in the mild weather we are having. It is probably delaying the...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus Despite the increasing prevalence of engineered powder transfer systems, it is still common in industrial settings for workers to be required to manually transfer powder products (e.g. product weighed out from a 200...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus According to the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), a Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study is “a detailed method for systematic examination of a well-defined process or operation, either planned or existing.”...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus According to Regulation 173 of the General Application Regulations 2007, there is a legal duty on employers to “ensure that, where required by the explosion protection document… a system of permits to work is applied...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007, there is a duty on employers to ensure the safety of all machinery provided for use at the workplace. However, what actions should be...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations defines a “biological agent” as “micro-organisms, including those which have been genetically modified, cell cultures and human endoparasites, which...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus It is not unusual for some workplaces (such as R&D labs) to handle substances which have relatively little health and safety data available; by their nature, these facilities are often handling substances which are...

Written by Occupli Safety Consultant Jake Bumpus Legionella is a genus of water-borne bacteria which can be found in practically all natural water sources. Exposure to a specific species, Legionella pneumophila, can result in a pneumonia-type illness called...