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Listen up – Headphones and the Noise at Work regulations

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”

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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

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


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