Slippery
The temperatures have dropped, the car needs de-icing and the snow made a brief appearance last weekend.
With the wet and icy weather it's important to advise customers, employees and visitors of any slip hazards. We have a few products and signs which you might find useful.
We can customise any sign to meet your requirements just email us and we would be delighted to help you. 
Fire risk assessments
This month we have been talking to Chris Earnshaw at North West Fire, Safety & Health Services.
Chris has been telling us about some of the great courses they have on offer!
North West Fire, Safety & Health Services are offering a FREE Chri
stmas Gift to all of their existing and new customers when they book on to a training course on or before the 25th December 2015.
All staff are qualified health and safety and fire safety professionals with vast experience across a wide range of industries. (References available from clients nationwide on request)
North West Fire Safety & Health Services work in partnership with us here at MJN Safety Signs and offer a wide range of training courses;
Fire Marshal Training (3 hours) £125
Emergency First Aid at Work Training (1 day) £200 total for up to ten persons
First Aid at Work Training (3 day) £430 total for up to ten persons
Essential First Aid Training (1/2 day) £115 total for up to ten persons
First Aid Requalification Training (2 day) £370 total for up to ten persons
Office Safety Training (2 hours) £100 total for up to 30 persons
Evacuation chair training (2hours) £120 total for up to 10 persons
Fire Safety Training (2 hours) £100 total for up to 30 persons
Employee Health & Safety Induction training (3 hours) £125 total for up to 30 persons
Manual handling training (3 hours) £125 total for up to 10 persons
Training can be carried out on your site at no extra cost. All necessary certification is provided along with handouts for future reference and peace of mind.
North West Fire, Safety & Health Services also perform the following services for clients nationwide:
Fire Risk Assessments From £165 (dependent on size of building)
Display Screen Equipment / Workstation Assessments £80
Stress Risk Assessments £100
Lone working Risk Assessments £100
Working at Height Risk Assessments £100
Premises Risk Assessments £100
Environmental Risk Assessments £100
They can assist you with your:
Business Continuity Planning £175
Disability Access Audits £25
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans £70
Contact 07482075501 today for all your risk assessment and training needs.
Or by email: firesafetyhealthservices@gmail.com
North West Fire, Safety & Health Services offer free advice and guidance and will help you determine which training and/or risk assessments you do or do not require. No sales pressure, no hassle, or your money back.
Fire risk assessments
Signs and notices
We can't believe XMAS is almost upon us again! The year has flown and what a year it has been.
We would like to thank all our customers for all their support.
We will close on Friday 18th Dec at 1pm - Monday 4th Jan.
However, we will still respond to Email and phone enquiries.
Orders can still be placed through the website but deliveries placed during this time will be sent out Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th January.
Any orders that need placing we would kindly ask that they are placed before the 17th December so we can get them out on the 18th at the latest.
Customised Orders will need to be placed by Monday 14th December.
Signs and notices
A Clean site is a safe site
Health and safety is paramount to every job site.
Here, Karl Nicholson, owner of K Design & Build, provides a guest blog and explains how he ensures how his team achieve the highest levels at all times
With winter upon us and the weather progressively changing for the worse, the ability to be vigilant in order to maintain the highest levels of health and safety is perhaps more pertinent than ever.
With bad weather comes an increased threat to the health and safety o
f your jobsite and team, with wind, rain and other adverse weather bringing challenges you don’t experience throughout other times in the year.
Anything that is going to cause slippery surfaces or a potential lack of comfort for your or any member of your the team members could spell trouble. When you’re feeling wet or cold, or both, such as your hands or feet feeling numb, it’s quite easy to make mistakes, to drop something or slip.
If the weather is difficult, sometimes you think about other things rather than the job in hand. Falling and slipping are two of the biggest ways people get injured on site, but keeping dry when the weather’s wet or intermittent can be extremely difficult. The risk of being electrocuted, or becoming ill, intensifies.
So, in winter in particular, keeping everything as dry as possible and wearing the right clothing becomes hugely important. You simply have to be on the ball at all times.
When it comes to maintaining the highest levels of health and safety, though, it’s important you get things right before a job starts. The main thing is to conduct a full site induction with all those who will be working on that site, and go through all the necessary safety procedures. These can include knowing where the fire escape is and knowing how to ensure each area has access so that people can get in and out without obstruction.
Even before that point, you need to ensure everyone on the team is competent enough to complete the work. From our point of view, if we’re using contractors, we carry out a great deal of due diligence when it comes to finding out as much as we can about anyone who will be contributing to our work, whether it’s contacting previous clients or team members to get a references for their work. You just have to be confident that your team knows how to do the job safely and that they have the skills to undertake anything of the tasks involved. If not, they can put themselves and others in danger.
Another important element is ensuring you’re up-to-date when it comes to following recent changes in regulation. For example, the HSE passed a series of amended Constructions (Design and Management) regulations in April earlier this year. These were put in place to ensure all those working on site are educated in terms of the risk assessments and method statements to ensure they conduct the work in the safest possible way from start to finish.
This can take into account the client, the site conditions, scaffold requirements and the tools and qualifications needed.
At K Design & Build we have a saying: ‘a clean site is a safe site’. This is drummed into every member of my team and it means we clean as we go. Nothing is left out of place, everything is packed away overnight… we basically take every step at every part of the job to minimise the risk of any kind of accident.
It’s the only way we know!
A clean site is a safe site!
Here at MJN Safety Signs Ltd we have a motto 'Nothing is too much trouble!'. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our customers. If it's a bespoke sign you want we will do our upmost to deliver. It might be a specific logo, size, material, colour or image. Just click on the following link to take you to our contact form. Please click here and fill out all the details and we will email you back with a price. It's it's as easy as that as MJN Safety Signs Ltd.
Signs are a necessity to inform people about potential hazards, risks and rules!
Signs
However, surely one of the most important things with signage is to ensure that it's in the correct place and displaying the correct information!
In this case the sign is supposed to show the way the road bends, although it has been displayed incorrectly. Surely this sign can be turned around to show the correct way. I wonder how long this sign has been up and who put it up? It also emphasises one of the most important lessons I was taught at school 'always check your work!'
If you have any more examples where signs are put up incorrectly please do email them to us.
Signs
If you are a facilities management company needing some signs for the properties you manage then we can certainly help you.
From Fire action signs, to fire exit signs to Caution Hot water as well as fire equipment signs we have it covered. We offer a variety of materials from self-adhesive vinyl, 1mm rigid plastic, heavy duty pvc, photoluminescent and for those wanting a more prestigious effect we have a prestigious range of signs too.
If you are wanting certain wording or a log then that's no problem either we can also help with that too.
Fire door
14th-20th September 2015
What's the difference between a door and a fire door? A fire door is a door with an engineered safety device and is designed to help keep fire and smoke in area to avoid it spreading rapidly hopefully allowing the fire to be tackled and people evacuated.
The purpose of fire door safety week is to highlight the importance of fire doors, encourage owners to check the door is in good condition and replace any faulty doors.
Where does MJN Safety signs fit in? Well, we can help provide the signs to put on the fire doors to help people identify the fire doors.
Some businesses would prefer a design that fits in with their decor so we can cater for those businesses too with our prestige range.
For more fire door signs please click here.
Fire door
Hygiene and caterin signs
MJN Safety Signs Ltd offers a wide variety of safety signs across a number of different industries.
Hygiene and Catering is just one of many collections available on our website. With signs from 'Now wash your hands', 'Do not store cooked and raw food together', 'This kitchen must be kept clean and tidy' and 'Do not put paper towels down the W.C.' as well as many more we can help provide the suitable signage to maintain clean and hygienic kitchens and toilet facilities.
Most of our signs are available in a number of materials and sizes.
If you can't find a particular sign you are after or require some help just click on the 'live chat' facilities or drop us an email and we can help assist you.
Hygiene and catering signs
No smoking signs - From the 1st of October 2015, anyone caught smoking in their vehicle (whether they are a passenger or driver) whilst having under 18's present will receive a £50 fine. It doesn't matter whether the windows are open or not, or the engine is on or off the fine will still apply. Apparently the only exception is if the driver is in a convertible car with the roof off. It is understood that if you are alone in the vehicle then you can still smoke and not receive a fine but there could be punishments if as a result you fail to drive with due care and attention.
This law will only apply in England and Wales though Scotland are likely to adopt a similar approach in the near future.
I've always wondered why they have never banned smoking whilst driving as surely it's a distraction as well as being detrimental to one's health.