Transport Safety


Rules of the road

Dr Karen McDonnell, RoSPA’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy Adviser and Head of RoSPA Scotland, offers a reminder on recent changes to road safety rules. Read More

Vehicles don’t crash, people do – Driving change in work-related driver safety

At Safety & Health Expo 2023, Simon Turner, Campaign Manager Driving for Better Business gave the audience a – very Read More

£1.9m fine for major transport firm after worker killed by HGV

Two major transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by a HGV in Birmingham. Read More

Are all your drivers qualified?

In his forth regular monthly column for SHP, Simon Turner talks about the legal obligations of checking your drivers are qualified to operate the vehicles Read More

Driver Fatigue – A hidden challenge

In his third regular monthly column for SHP, Simon Turner at Driving for Better Business looks at driver fatigue and how employers can look to educate and ultimately prevent it in their fleet. Read More

Stamping out drug driving

In his second regular monthly column for SHP, Simon Turner at Driving for Better Business looks at drug driving and how employers can look to educate and ultimately prevent it in their fleet. Read More

HSE to investigate dislodged vessel in Edinburgh dock

The Health and Safety Executive is to investigate how a US Navy vessel toppled over at a dock in Edinburgh. Read More

The Importance of Air Quality Control in Your Industry

Internal Air Quality is of the utmost importance. Ultra Protect will help you understand your building's Air Quality and implement tailored, bespoke Air Movement solutions. Save your business money, improve productivity, improve the working conditions and, most importantly, protect yours, your visitors, your employee’s and your loved one’s health, with Ultra Protect. Read More

Asbestos management in the rail sector

SHP hears from SOCOTEC UK, who discusses asbestos, its risk management in the rail sector and why it remains a threat to health and safety today. Read More

SHP PODCAST: Obstructive sleep apnoea and fleet management

Kevin Bird is an experienced driver at Air Products, an industrial gas supplier that operates a global fleet of vehicles. However, on being diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea he faced the possibility of losing his licence. Here, alongside his Manager, John Davies, he shares his story from that initial diagnosis to the support he received from his employers when revealing his condition. Read More


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