In what could be a benchmark case on employers' liability, a panel of judges has ruled that ‘ordinary or average employers’ are not liable for injury caused by exposure to noise below 90 dB(A) before 1 January 1990.

New research published by 3M has revealed that over a third of companies in UK have employees who don’t wear safety eyewear when required.

A number of English football clubs have banned vuvuzelas from their grounds on match days on account of safety concerns.

There is a “worrying lack of understanding” among employers regarding safety eyewear that could put employees at risk and incur unnecessary costs. 


International integrated energy and refining company, ConocoPhillips has been praised by a medical research charity for an initiative that promotes awareness of the dangers of noise-induced hearing loss.

A maintenance fitter at a steel plant in Cumbria could have been killed when part of a 300kg roller-shutter door fell on him – but his safety helmet took the brunt of the blow.

A teenage worker has been left blinded in one eye while helping to demolish a mill in Greater Manchester.

A Lincoln sheet-metal fabricator has appeared in court in what the HSE believes is the first proactive prosecution for potentially dangerous noise levels in ten years.

David Lummis discusses the problem of counterfeit personal protective equipment in the construction industry and suggests how organisations can address this ongoing problem.

Because it is fed by and acts on information from all of the sensory organs – ears, eyes, nose and skin – the peripheral nervous system is vulnerable to the effects of myriad hazards in the workplace. Dr Chris Ide investigates.

In light of new research pointing towards a link between incessant noise in the workplace and cardiovascular disease, Simon Bull offers some pointers on hearing conservation methods and practices.

With about 22,000 staff plus 12,000 freelancers on location all around the world, the BBC needs robust safety management procedures to deal with the myriad risks and hazards its employees face. A major challenge is managing the performance of live classical music safely, so Ruth Hansford explains the work underway at the corporation to ensure everybody knows the score.

Cameron Clark considers a recent court case that could increase employers’ liability by imposing a stricter duty on organisations to provide and maintain a safe workplace.

Prime Minister David Cameron has nominated PPE manufacturer JSP for the ‘Made by Britain’ project – a joint initiative between the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG) and the 1851 Royal Commission aimed at boosting the profile of British manufacturing.

The prime minister was uncharacteristically all for health and safety last week when he officially opened personal protection equipment specialist JSP’s new state-of-the-art industrial safety helmet manufacturing facility in his Oxfordshire constituency.

With the Proms in full swing, the BBC has published a free musicians’ guide on noise, its effects, and how to deal with them.

Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has joined forces with global insurer RSA to offering eyecare to all drivers of vehicles insured under the latter’s Motor Fleet policies.

The hearing of people working in the UK’s music and entertainment industry is being placed at risk, IOSH has warned.

Developed specifically for the food and beverage manufacturing industry comes a specialist range of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) from 3M.

JSP’s new Evolution® (EVO™) series of industrial head protection is said to offer the widest range available for high, medium and low-risk environments – from the toughest ‘5 Star’ EN14052 high-performance/side-impact standard helmets, through a range of ‘3/4 Star’ EN397 helmets, to ‘2 Star’ EN812 A1 bump caps.

Scott Safety describes its recently launched bump cap First Base 3 as revolutionary, and suitable for use by those working in the likes of manufacturing and maintenance in the aerospace and automotive sectors, as well as by tradesmen, transportation and logistics workers.

Optimising acoustic earcup design, volume management technology, and cpersonal-hearing protection, Sync™ is, in the words of Honeywell Safety Products, the next generation of stereo earmuffs from Howard Leight®.

JSP says its EvoLite® CR2 reflective safety helmet represents a huge advance in reflective specialist head protection for those working in dark environments.