Health & Safety Priorities For Q4 2020
Health & Safety Priorities as 2020 Comes to an End GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” – Abraham Lincoln I love this quote above! How apt it is, having no plan and not setting your priorities is like taking a run in the dark! I think we can all agree that 2020 has been the strangest…
Quality of Life During COVID-19
Quality of Life During COVID-19 GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE I bet when we said farewell to 2019 and welcomed in 2020 last New Years Eve, we could not imagine the year we had ahead of us! Its true, we never know what the future holds, but I bet none of us thought we would be living through a Pandemic. As I write this, it is the end of September, more than six months…
Staying Connected During the Pandemic. Why Our Close Relationships Are More Important Than Ever.
Staying Connected During the Pandemic. Why Our Close Relationships Are More Important Than Ever. ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant EazySAFE The practical challenges of the COVID-19 crises has completely transformed how we live and work. Whether working remotely from home or back in the workplace, how we conduct our day to day business has radically changed bringing with it many difficulties, one of which is our ability to stay connected with one another. Our workplaces are…
Realism in a World of Toxic Positivity
Realism in a World of Toxic Positivity ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant EazySAFE Toxic positivity is the idea that remaining positive and focusing only on the positive is how we should be living our lives. By focusing on the positive only we must therefore reject the negative and suppress any difficult emotions that we might feel. Toxic positivity has become popular during the COVID–19 pandemic. “Stay positive”, “This too shall pass”, are just some of the…
Dealing with a HSA Inspection
Dealing with a HSA Inspection GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS CONSULTANT EazySAFE Before we even get started into what to expect from a HSA inspection, lets take a look at who the HSA are and what they are all about. The Health and Safety Authority was founded in 1989 and is the national body in Ireland, with responsibility for occupational health and safety. Its role is to secure health and safety at work. The body has…
Does Safety Have to Take a Back Seat to Productivity?
Does Safety Have to Take a Backseat to Productivity? TONY MANGAN EHS CONSULTANT EazySAFE I have almost 30 years’ experience in many aspects of manufacturing, in a wide variety of businesses. Safety and productivity have been high and low. I have found that where safety becomes integral to “how it is done” in the company, employees feel more valued, everyone takes care of how things are done, they feel proud of their work, people buy…
What Managers can do to Help Keep Their Employees Safe, Sane and Productive
What Managers Can do to Help Keep their Employees Safe, Sane and Productive TONY MANGAN EHS CONSULTANT EazySAFE Before this “new normal”, most staff worked alongside colleagues, or if not, they had access to others as part of their job, for example, meeting customers. If people worked from home, it was often by choice. It may have been a requirement of a new job, or they transitioned gradually to working remotely. It was rarely a…
Farm Safety
Farm Safety GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE Most of the time, when we think of working safely, we automatically think of manufacturing, construction, and offices etc. We tend to forget about farming and what a high-risk job it can be, even when all the safety precautions have been put in place. According to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), one third of all workplace fatalities in Ireland occur in farming, even though a small…
Compassionate Leadership in Uncertain Times
Compassionate Leadership in Uncertain Times ALAN WHITE Wellness Consultant EazySAFE As we begin to return to some normality in our lives, many people are beginning to realise that what lies ahead is unfortunately more uncertainty. As well as the threat of COVID-19 there also looms the threat of economic uncertainty. As well as the fear for our health, many will now fear for their future professional lives also. Living with fear creates high levels of…
How to Stay Focused During your Workday
How to stay focus during your workday ? GEMMA COLLINS DOYLE EHS Consultant EazySAFE It happens us all. We have a “to do” list as long as your arm and you just can’t seem to focus on one task at time! With so many employees now working from home during the pandemic and many more encouraged to continue working from home into the near future, it is fair to say that we all need some extra techniques…