A parliamentary select committee has criticised a major Government agency for using health and safety as a “routine” excuse for not following recommended procedures.
A research body that has funded some of the most important studies in the field of occupational health and safety in the last 20 years has announced it is to wind down because of a lack of financial support in the current economic climate.
In a report submitted to the European Council, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has concluded that there are no major weaknesses in the design and resilience of the UK’s nuclear power stations.
Operators of oil and gas installations could do more to improve safety reps’ competence, particularly in relation to major operational hazard risks, which would bring benefits in risk management, safety culture and business costs.
Strong intervention on reducing exposure limits relating to occupational carcinogens and increasing compliance in the workplace could prevent nearly 8500 cases of cancer over the next 50 years, according to an HSE expert.
The HSE should be responsible for administering the collection of data relating to carbon-monoxide incidents in the same way as RIDDOR reporting, according to a report by an independent cross-party group of parliamentarians and gas-industry representatives.
The HSE has published the first in a series of research reports on the London 2012 Olympics as part of a concerted effort to circulate the health and safety lessons learned from the Stratford project among the wider construction industry.
There are no fundamental safety weaknesses in the UK’s nuclear industry but lessons can nevertheless be learnt from the Fukushima disaster to make it even safer.
For the first time, stress has topped the list of reasons for long-term sickness absence among both manual and non-manual employees, according to the latest absence management survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
