Many health and safety awarding bodies have extended their certification (tickets) renewal terms because of coronavirus (COVID-19). We list the renewal terms and dates by awarding body below:
October 13th 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the successful rescue of 33 miners from the San Jose copper mine in Chile, where they had been trapped for 69 days. The longest underground entrapment in history.
The 7th September 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery Disaster.
We surveyed MRS Training & Rescue customers to find out how COVID-19 (Coronavirus) affected their business, employees, and training plans.
Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is used to provide protection to those who work in hazardous environments (such as a confined space) or with hazardous substances.
Wind power is nothing new – and today, wind energy is a growing source of renewable energy across the world. Wind turbines are now commonplace in the UK both onshore and offshore, and as technology evolves, they have become bigger, better and more efficient.
For over 100 years MRS Training & Rescue has provided confined space rescue – and as accredited training providers today, we know how dangerous working in confined space can be. In this article, we explain what a confined space is, what the risks are – and the best safety practices to follow when it comes to gas detection.
The majority of us are lucky enough to work in safe and comfortable environments, and we often forget how dangerous workplaces of the past could be. Health and safety legislation of the last 100 years has been critical in making workplaces safer – helping to significantly reduce the number of at-work fatalities and injuries.
The way we work has changed dramatically over the last few months as we all adjust to the ‘new normal’ in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
