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Have Polish farmers been deceived? Why does Poland ban Monsanto crops but allow the trading of GM seeds and plants?…Continue
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Started by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance. Last reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance Jun 26, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I am aware that some people have a pretty negative view of health and safety these days, but i see it as an essential part of our businesses especially with the potential hazards that are involved in…Continue
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Hi,I recently filled in some boxes on the Safecontractor site to 'request a free information pack', which in the end does not contain hellish much 'information', other than two or three links to…Continue
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What do you do? Do you allow staff more than the minimum? Does your team have an ethos of working away and getting the job done?I take very little in the way of breaks when working on my own - 10…Continue
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Has anyone had any incidents this season yet, or any interesting H&S issues crop up with clients?
I have been fine thankfully, although a lot of environmental discussions do make me nervous. What would we do if use of economical pesticides becomes banned as it is in many US states?
I have been looking at new strimmers as vibe levels are not good enough at the minute. If anyone can recommend small loop handle strimmers (used for edging long sections of amenity grass) I would appreciate it.
I have just submitted my documents and questions to Safe Contractor for review. The process does make you focus on something that we should all have in place for our business anyway so I feel I am already getting something back from it. I know things like equipment servicing records and PPE assessments should be simple but organising all the bits of scattered information is not likely to occur unless pushed.
I look forward to hearing back to see what they have to say.
I have just added a new blog post introducing my first steps towards accreditation to Safe Contractor
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