The winners of this year’s BSIF Safety Awards were announced at Safety and Health Expo, which took place at the NEC Birmingham last week.

An HSE specialist inspector in human and organisational factors has won the William Floyd Award for outstanding and innovative contributions to ergonomics and human factors..

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published new best-practice guidelines for retailers, aimed at increasing awareness of the impact of violence against retail staff.

Seven out of ten people who were unable to work due to stress returned to work before the end of the deferred period in the last year, according to Legal & General.

The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has issued a reminder to those responsible for installing and maintaining industrial powered rolling shutters to ensure they are correctly installed and regularly maintained.

Northern Ireland’s health and safety minister Arlene Foster and agriculture minister Michelle O’Neill have launched a Farm Safety Partnership to reduce the number of fatal work-related accidents among farmers.

Three deserving recipients are celebrating being recognised in the annual British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) awards.

British Glass has published new guidance on working in raised temperatures.

A university lecturer is using psychological techniques to help rail infrastructure contractor VolkerRail reduce the risk of injury to its workers.


Oil & Gas UK has underlined its commitment to tackling the health and safety issues around ageing infrastructure and life extension of assets, with the publication of new guidance.