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A system of unannounced inspections by health and safety regulators can not only improve injury rates in the organisations visited but also has no adverse effect on their bottom line, a US study has found.
There has been a sharp drop in the number of prosecutions of employees under section 7 of the HSWA in the last five or six years, according to figures collated by the HSE from its prosecutions database.
A busy Occupational Health Theatre was put straight on a few confusing aspects of the 2010 Equality Act by Cynthia Atwell OBE, a well-known occupational health nurse and consultant, and then treated to an analysis of what makes good work by Barry Wilkes, a NEBOSH development manager.
Practitioners should not be afraid to challenge regulators over decisions with which they take issue – but just as important as why you challenge is how you challenge.
The trend for companies facing health and safety investigations and potential prosecutions to go into liquidation in order to avoid punishment is increasingly common, but there are moral and legal arguments why practitioners should think twice before following this approach.
Communication, cooperation and competency are fundamental to the successful application of the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulations was the conclusion reached by a panel discussion held by the Access Industry Forum this morning (17 May).
Behavioural safety came in for a bit of a bashing at Safety & Health Expo today, as even proponents of the approach agreed that it can go horribly wrong if not implemented properly.
The rise in the prosecution of individuals for health and safety offences alongside their companies was charted and explained by Hilary Ross, a partner at law firm DWF, in an address to an SHP Legal Arena bursting at the seams today (16 May).
Commendable achievement, however, would early intervention not be better used by adopting adequate support to prevent the stress in the first place?
I cannot see how a cost benefit analysis proves...
Hopefully this increase in proving Snr Management failure and pursuing prosecutions will encouarage those in charge to undertake thier responsibilities with more due dilligence.
Taking ownership for...
According to a 2005 report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Italy has an annual fatality rate of 6.9 per 100,000 workers, the second highest of the 15 member states within the study.
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It now appears that quantative easing and a reduction in interest rates will be required to promote growth, yet to see any mention of H&S being implicated within any improvement measure?
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