Finch Journal

We are excited to announce that Finch will be sponsoring and attending the Expert Witness Institutes (EWI) Annual Conference 2021.

Finch to speak on UKCA Marking webinar hosted by the BFPA.

As experts in the field of health and safety, Finch Consulting has been invited by the Health & Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA) to present at one of their online forums.

Finch experts Tristan Pulford and Alan Pressley have been invited to host a BALPPA webinar on Wednesday 12th May to give expert advice to ensure parks open safely and without incident.

Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which aims to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally.

Finch are excited to announce that we have been shortlisted for an award in the 19th Managing Partners Forum Awards.

In this article, Sue Hewitt discusses the exposure-response relationship for hand-arm vibration (HAV) (i.e. the relationship between vibration exposure and the health effects that such exposure can cause) and discusses some of the reasons why it will probably always be ill-defined.

Give us a call if you are getting ready to open back up and would like a confidential discussion about any concerns you may have, or if you are already operating and would like an independent audit of the measures that you have in place, we are happy to help.

Our new Finch Acoustic Consultancy Service flyer details what Acoustic service we can offer, and discusses acoustics in the built environment.

In this blog specialist health and safety solicitor, Julia Thomas and Senior Consultant Michael Campbell who has a range of experience in investigating accidents and incidents in a wide range of industries provide some tips for business in the immediate aftermath of a serious workplace accident.

Susan Dearden discusses if anti-vaxxers present a H&S risk in the workplace, and what can be done.

Finch announce membership with the Process and Packaging Machinery Association

Finch Announce Partnership with The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

In this article solicitor Susan Dearden and head of expert services at Finch Consulting, Dr Richard Brown, consider five ways in which expert evidence is likely to more than pay for itself.

On World Recycling Day 2021, Finch look at an important proposed new area of legislation – the Plastic Packaging Tax – and what it will mean for business.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspector turned up at your site to look at how you manage hand-arm vibration? Well, wonder no more, because the HSE publishes its Operational Guidance on its website. Sue Hewitt and Dr Chris Nelson take a look at a few points in the guidance that are worth being aware of when it comes to managing hand-arm vibration.

To incorporate the consideration of the acoustic properties of materials into any development project requires a source of reliable and accurate information on the properties of those materials. There are various design/procurement schemes that compete in this field. In this article, Teli Chinelis briefly discusses the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM).

As noise and vibration expert and a former research scientist for the HSE, Finch senior consultant, Sue Hewitt has been invited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to give a webinar presentation on how to manage hand-arm vibration within the workplace. 

In this article Teli Chinelis discusses low-frequency noise disturbance, in the frequency range from about 10Hz to 200Hz, and how it has been recognised as a special environmental noise problem, particularly to sensitive people in their homes.

Injured contractors and the risks to health and safety that they face are an issue for the business engaging the contractor, as well as for their immediate employers.  In this short vodcast health and safety solicitor Sue Dearden, and former HSE Principal Inspector Melvin Sandell consider the extent of the duty to employees of subcontractors, what H&S documentation to ask for (and not to ask for) when engaging contractors, and the extent and limits to which you should and shouldn’t go, in controlling and managing their work.