Technology giant Apple has agreed to improve health and safety conditions, worker involvement and pay for employees at three factories in China operated by one of its major suppliers previously criticised for its treatment of staff.
Health and safety in Nigeria is set to progress a great deal further with the opening of a dedicated training suite by a UK-based provider in one of the country’s major cities.
Health and safety training firm SMTS has opened a new office in Nigeria and will partner with the Lagos Safety Commission to run courses in the region.
Ireland’s minister for agriculture, food and the marine, Simon Coveney TD, has called on the health and safety of farm workers to be addressed through more international cooperation and sharing of knowledge.
Too few businesses have put in place disaster plans and those that have are not testing them properly. That was the blunt message that invited attendees to Cardinus Risk Management’s Health and Safety Forum, recently heard.
A new report published by the University of Massachusetts Lowell has identified seven high-priority strategies to reduce workplace accidents and ill health in the USA.
Capital Safety, whose brands include the DBI-Sala and Protecta fall-protection equipment ranges, has created a global wind-energy team to meet growing demand in the renewable energies sector.
Workers in China look set to benefit from the protection of British health and safety training and standards, under a landmark agreement signed between one of the country’s biggest municipalities and a leading UK public-health organisation.
The HSE and IOSH are running various events to promote European Safety Week, which starts today (25 October) and focuses on maintaining safe workplaces.
Economic incentive schemes encouraging companies to invest in risk prevention are a cost-effective option for governments seeking to reduce the numbers of work-related accidents and illnesses, according to new research by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).
