In Court
Scaffolding firm fined after serious fall
January 22, 2019
A scaffolding company has been sentenced after a worker sustained serious, life changing injuries after falling five metres through a skylight whilst at work. Read More
Health and Safety News, Legislation, PPE, Training and CPD
Resources
Driving at work: Director’s Briefing
Understanding contractor risk in the construction industry
5 rules for effective incident reporting
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IIRSM
ITV’s Group Operational Risk Director joins IIRSM Council
January 21, 2019
“I passionately believe that health and safety should be viewed as a risk profession”, Ruth Denyer. Read More
Driving at work
Driving at work: Director’s Briefing
January 21, 2019
Driving is by far the greatest cause of work-related accidental deaths. Download this free director's briefing here. Read More
Webinar
Webinar: Managing workers overseas
January 21, 2019
Our next webinar takes place on Tuesday 29 January, from 11:00am to 12:00pm and focuses on some practical examples of how to manage overseas staff. Read More
In Court
Child suffered serious injury in ATV incident
January 21, 2019
A 9-year-old boy was travelling as a passenger in the ATV, which was being driven by a 13-year-old. Read More
Middle East
NEBOSH CEO Ian Taylor to deliver keynote address in Bahrain
January 20, 2019
Ian Taylor will deliver a keynote address at the ASSP Middle Eastern Chapter’s Professional Development Conference and Exhibition next week. Read More
Networking event
Women in Health and Safety event: ‘Working at height effected the audience in a variety of ways’
January 19, 2019
SHP catches up with Angelina Sooren, Group HSEQ and Compliance Director at Churchill, and finds out about the working at height networking event she hosted recently. Read More
Shoreham air crash
Shoreham air crash: “Serious negligence” from pilot led to the crash
January 18, 2019
Andy Hill was performing aerobatics when his Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in Sussex during the Shoreham Air Show, killing 11 men. Read More
Legionella
Legionella risk assessments for hospitality & leisure
January 18, 2019
If you are the hotel manager, maintenance manager or property owner you have a legal responsibility and accountability to ensure that occupiers of your premises are suitably protected from water safety risk. You may have appointed, or been appointed as, the Responsible Person. Read More
construction
Construction industry charity gives out £1.25m to help workers
January 18, 2019
New figures released by the charity show it received calls from a total of 1,662 families and construction workers in crisis last year. Read More
Safety innovation
Safety innovation: Using NFC and QR technology to identify risk
January 18, 2019
SHP continues its safety technology innovation series with Airsweb Product Development Director, Rob Leech. This time we look at how the company is utilising existing NFC and QR Code technology for the benefit of contract workers. Read More
In Court
Council in court after worker’s head trapped
January 18, 2019
Investigating, the HSE found there was an overall failure to adequately monitor work activities at the site. Read More
SHP weekly top five
SHP weekly top five
January 18, 2019
Are escape rooms safe? 5 rules for incident reporting, healthcare safety breach, cold snap, 2019 safety tech trends and much more. Read More
In court
Quarry worker suffered serious entanglement injury
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Back strain
MP calls for low-level letterboxes to be banned to avoid back strain
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Hillsborough trial
Hillsborough trial: Stadium safety certificate outdated
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In Court
Five-year-old killed in lift: Catalogue of failures responsible
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Mental Health & Wellbeing
One in four workers find it difficult to mentally switch off from work
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extreme weather
Businesses told to prepare for cold snap
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fire alarm systems
Wireless fire alarm systems: Sounding the alarm
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in court
Company and director sentenced after employee fractures neck in fall from height
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In Court
Slug and Lettuce safety breach: Pub firm fined £100k after employee injures hand
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