The actions of “multiple companies and work teams” contributed to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year, a report released by BP has concluded.
A union has demanded that Network Rail recoup part of the bonuses paid to directors after claims that the company under-reported the number of minor injuries among its workers.
David Cameron seems committed to releasing the Police from the ‘burden’ of health and safety rules that might impede their duty to the public, while Lord Young believes that all emergency services should be excluded from the HSWA. Peter Atkinson considers whether the same rigorous health and safety workplace standards exercised in non-emergency situations should apply to the blue-light services in a crisis.
Evolving life on Earth, from the time of primordial single-cell organisms to humankind, has been immersed in a sea of radiation. In certain work environments it is a source of incidental pollution, so Dr Chris Ide explains the risks and suggests what can be done to address them.
A pressure group is urging Lord Young to take notice of its new DVD, which highlights how employers’ negligence in health and safety led to workers being killed, before he delivers the findings of his review.
Six leading petrol retailers with more than 600 UK filling stations between them have joined a red tape cutting scheme launched by the London and Fire Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA).
The majority of people believe they would respond more quickly to a voice alarm during an evacuation of a building, a survey on behalf of Notifier by Honeywell suggests.
These words are so true, management are the main role players, if they do not act the employees just make a mockery of the system. Employees all the time dont bother due to them saying that the...
Apalling behaviour by the business owners and apalling fines for such scant regard for employee safety.
Again we see busines closure as an excuse for a pathetic £1 fine - I am sure we will see these...
I hope that anyone considering use of voice alarms will remember that one in seven people has some degree of hearing loss. Alarm systems should work for everybody, including Deaf people.
I have a personal (close family member) experience when an anaphylactic shock type reaction resulted in the application of hair dye whereby the person was hospitalised for 7 days. Swelling of face and...
The blue light services should not be exempt form health and safety laws. That said, there needs to be an understanding that in some circumstances the principles of HSWA do not readily apply...
