Listen up – Headphones and the Noise at Work regulations
February 1, 2023
Most health and safety risks change over time but there is one risk that is changing fast, some might say at the speed of sound, writes Stephen Wheatley a Founder Director of the UK Hearing Conservation Association. Read More
Workplace accessibility – “A community cannot be inclusive if it is not accessible”
January 30, 2023
John Kersey talks to Stephen Cluskey co-founder of Dublin-based Mobility Mojo on making the workplace more accessible. Read More
Manual Handling: Using risk evaluation tools
January 18, 2023
NEBOSH Head of Product Development, Matt Powell-Howard, reminds us of the human cost of unsafe manual handling practices and calls for more use of simple risk evaluation tools. Read More
Dominic Cooper: To err is human, or is it?
January 12, 2023
Dominic Cooper on whether incident investigations are caused solely by the system or person. Read More
Why don’t we just choose less risky people?
January 11, 2023
Simon Robinson, Director at Operability Ltd suggests risk-profiling is flawed while an approach to context could be more effective in risk judgement. Read More
Vetting the vets – can a new study help the sector get the right treatment?
January 9, 2023
A culture of stoicism has skewed the reporting of accidents in the veterinary profession. However, with a new study on safety attitudes on the horizon can the sector become more transparent in its HS shortcomings. SHP Editor Mark Glover finds out. Read More
Bhopal – were lessons learned from the world’s worst industrial disaster?
December 29, 2022
In 1984, a chemical leak at a pesticides factory in Bhopal, India, would - according to some estimates - claim over 25,000 lives. Journalist Catherine Early looks back at the world's works industrial disaster and asks if its impact has really been felt? Read More
Make people’s safety and health central to sustainability and business decision making, urge OSH experts
December 13, 2022
Covid-19 highlighted the need for safety and health leaders to be central to decision making and shaping the sustainability agenda, heard delegates at a recent symposium, in London. Health and safety journalist Tim Branagh reports. Read More
Future proofing – How to influence the next generation
December 12, 2022
Darren Ford at safety supplier company Arco, examines how the health and safety sector can influence and encourage the next generation of practitioners... Read More
Thinking ahead – using psychometric tests to retain and find talent
November 24, 2022
Jordan Harlow, Occupational Psychologist at Shirley Parsons on psychometric tests and his role in developing a new tool aiming to go beyond traditional processes. Read More