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Check your safety culture in a 5-minute survey, get one real hazard and its fix emailed to you each week, read the founder's book on cutting accidents on a budget, and browse our guides on audits, risk assessments, and building a safer site. All written by practising, chartered safety people.

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So, You Want a Career in Safety: What Next?

A no-nonsense roadmap into a safety career: the qualifications, the experience, the skills that really matter, and the realities no one tells you about.

Gavin Coyle
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Can Your Safety Team Create Compliance and Profits?

Safety and profit are not opposites. See how a strong safety team cuts the true cost of non-compliance and turns compliance into a real profit engine.

Gavin Coyle
safety-culture-leadership 6 min read

Building a Sustainable Business Starts With You

Your business can never be healthier than you are. The four pillars of founder sustainability: body, mind, relationships and a clear sense of purpose.

Gavin Coyle

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Why Your First Three Hires Matter More Than You Think

Your first three hires set the culture, the quality and the reputation of a construction business. Why the project manager, craftsman and admin come first.

Gavin Coyle
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10 Hazards That Are Instant Killers in the Workplace

Ten workplace hazards that can kill in seconds, from moving machinery to toxic fumes, plus the practical controls employers use to prevent fatal injuries.

Gavin Coyle
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How Safety Can Be Achieved on a Budget

Balancing safety and cost is a challenge, not an impossibility. Low-cost measures that target your biggest risks can keep a workplace safe on any budget.

Gavin Coyle
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Good Housekeeping Can Prevent Falls in the Workplace

Falls are among the most common workplace injuries. Good housekeeping, from clear walkways to prompt spill clean-ups, is a simple way to prevent them all.

Gavin Coyle
rams-workplace-compliance 5 min read

Hazards in the Office and How to Spot Them

The office isn't always the safest place. Learn to spot common hazards, from slips and trips to poor air quality, and the steps that reduce the risks.

Gavin Coyle
rams-workplace-compliance 4 min read

How to Stop Hot Spillages in the Office Environment

Hot fluids cause scalds, burns and even fires in the office. Six simple habits, from lidded cups to stable surfaces, keep hot spillages under control.

Gavin Coyle
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What Is a Risk Register in Health and Safety?

A risk register is a tool for spotting potential project risks. Learn its key components, the risk management process, and how to build one from scratch.

Gavin Coyle
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Health and Safety Tips for Small Business Owners

Running an SME? Six practical health and safety tips help small business owners spot hazards, write a policy, train staff and stay compliant year-round.

Gavin Coyle
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What Options Are Available for Safety Training?

Safety training protects your people and keeps you compliant. A guide to the options: on-the-job, classroom, online, certifications, and custom courses.

Gavin Coyle
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Who is Accountable for Safety in the Workplace?

Workplace safety is a shared responsibility. Who is accountable: employers, employees, and government agencies, plus the laws and cost of non-compliance.

Gavin Coyle
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A Positive Safety Culture: What Does That Look Like?

A positive safety culture is lived, not just talked about. The characteristics that define one, the benefits it brings, and how to build and sustain it.

Gavin Coyle
contract-safety-recruitment 3 min read

Education in the Safety Field

Certificates help, but employers want a competent person. Here is what the HSE means by competence, and why field experience matters as much as a degree.

Gavin Coyle
contract-safety-recruitment 6 min read

How Does a Person Get a Career in Safety?

How to build a career in occupational safety and health: the education, certifications and hands-on experience that employers actually look for today.

Gavin Coyle
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Safety of Powered Gates

Powered gates cut costs and add security, but they can trap or crush. Learn the devices, signs, and daily checks a responsible person must keep in place.

Gavin Coyle
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How to Create a Solid Safety Budget for Your Company

Budget cuts should never compromise safety. Learn to align safety goals, weigh direct and indirect costs, and build a solid safety budget for your firm.

Gavin Coyle
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RIDDOR: What Is It and What Do I Have to Do?

RIDDOR is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. Learn what UK employers must report and how to stay compliant.

Gavin Coyle
safety-culture-leadership 3 min read

The Concept of Behavioural Based Safety

Behavioural based safety works by shaping the habits people bring to the job. A plain look at the seven principles and the ABC model, with a real example.

Gavin Coyle
contract-safety-recruitment 3 min read

Best Jobs in Health and Safety

The safety field rewards the people who keep work safe. Here are the best health and safety jobs, the sectors hiring most, and the pay you can expect.

Gavin Coyle
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Health and Safety Recruitment

Hiring the right safety professional is now a bigger job than ever. Here are the competencies, certifications and salary levels you should recruit for.

Gavin Coyle
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Roles and Responsibilities of a Safety Engineer

What does a safety engineer actually do? A look at the role, the five-step process behind good safety design, and the engineering backgrounds it draws on.

Gavin Coyle
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Accident Prevention Programs

How a workplace accident prevention program built on engineering, education and enforcement protects employees and returns real money to the bottom line.

Gavin Coyle
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Budgeting for Accidents

Occupational deaths still happen. Weighing the true cost of accidents, including the hidden ones, against prevention shows why prevention always wins.

Gavin Coyle
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Safety Professionals

Today's safety professionals assess hazards, build safety programmes, train teams, and advise management. Explore their expanding roles, duties, and value.

Gavin Coyle
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Safety Teams

Modern health and safety teams juggle shifting laws, plant conditions, and staff wellbeing. Learn how commitment and resources build a team that pays off.

Gavin Coyle
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Theorising Accidents

Herbert Heinrich's early accident research still shapes safety today. Explore his findings, the accident triangle, and his Domino theory of causation.

Gavin Coyle
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Brexit

Brexit could trigger the biggest change to UK health and safety since the 1974 Act. Here is why a complete overhaul of the rules remains unlikely for now.

Gavin Coyle
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Mental Health in the Workplace

Workplace safety often overlooks the operator's mind. The billions lost to poor mental health each year, and a 4R system for supporting people at work.

Gavin Coyle
safety-culture-leadership 3 min read

More Women in Health and Safety

Women are winning more diverse roles at work, but health and safety leadership still lags. Why the field needs more women, and the role of mentoring.

Gavin Coyle
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Excellence in Safety

Weekly safety meetings mean little without leadership. How to build a Safety First culture that becomes second nature for everyone, floor to boardroom.

Gavin Coyle
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A New Safety Team

After World War II, owners built integrated safety teams of engineers, hygienists, and nurses. Learn the roles and expectations of a modern safety team.

Gavin Coyle
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Auditing Isn't New

Safety auditing is not new. From ancient codes to modern third-party reviews, here is why regular audits and near-miss reporting keep your workplace safe.

Gavin Coyle
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Managing Safety Risks on Power Plants

How Coyle Group's outsourced safety management and Safety Culture Assessment Tool help power plant operators stay compliant without a full-time H&S hire.

Gavin Coyle
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Update on Offshore Wind Projects in Ireland

Ireland's seven Relevant Projects offshore wind farms aim to power three million homes and reach 3 GW by 2027. A look at each project and what it means.

Gavin Coyle