BF Services - Health & Safety

31/12/2024

As 2024 is coming to an end, I would like to wish all my staff, clients, colleagues, family & friends a happy and prosperous new year!
May 2025 bring along a wealth of happines and heaps of health!!
As always, stay safe out there!!

Our Xmas Tree for 2020... using confiscated items which were deemed too dangerous to be used in various sites!

12/02/2024

Did you know that safety gloves have specific ratings depending on their use?
Check the below link to understand more!

What does EN388 mean?     EN388 is a European safety standard for gloves that provide protection against mechanical risks. This standard involves 6 specific tests that are designed to assess the performance of a glove and its fabric/layers. &n

18/10/2022

Look what we found today! A nice cross design on a helmet! Unbelievable. Altering PPE is unacceptable and highly dangerous! imagine all those screws end up in your skull if something happens!

08/10/2022

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/119108/12_people_dead_at_the_workplace_pn_calls_for_a_clear_set_of_health_and_safety_standards #.Y0E3LHZByUl

The Nationalist Party suggests that project supervisors should be given to authority to halt works wherever hazards existed

08/10/2022

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/editorial-lifesaving-partnership-ohsa-supervisors-workplace-safety.985904

Regulations promulgated in 2018 bar contractors from doing any work on a construction site unless a project supervisor has been appointed. The legal notice burdens such supervisors with a long list of duties in order to ensure health and safety on the workplace. The regulations deem the role of...

17/03/2022

A moment! Literally!

Note - item safely & immediately removed and confiscated.

26/10/2021

Important Advice, as from tomorrow until at least Friday, heavy NE & W winds are predicted. These winds may reach up to F8 with gusts of F9!
Ensure cranes are left free to weathervane, no loads are left hanging, no lifting is carried out, remove any material from areas that can be blown away, and secure single-leafed walls which are not secured.
Avoid working at height, and make sure that temporary structures are secured (scaffolds, shutter, etc.)

Take good care and be safe. Brian Fenech

08/10/2021

The biggest satisfaction is when you create a Safe System of Work and see it getting implemented, after considerable investment by the employer!
Laying of precast panels by using a retractable lanyard system.

24/12/2020

BF Services would like to wish his esteemed clients, colleagues, friends and associates a Merry Christmas and hopefully, a better New Year! Please stay safe this festive season, drink responsibly, and avoid large gatherings! Together we can beat this virus and get back to our normal lives!

18/11/2020

Our Xmas Tree for 2020... using confiscated items which were deemed too dangerous to be used in various sites!

27/04/2020

Covid-19 **stay up to date**
NEW GUIDANCE - COVID-19: BACK TO THE WORKPLACE
Adapting workplaces and protecting workers
link - https://bit.ly/2SbXiJD

25/02/2020

FYI - employers, workers and general public

https://www.iosh.com/more/news-listing/coronavirus-guidance-from-iosh-and-the-world-health-organization/