Health and Safety News, Legislation, PPE, Training and CPD

fall from height

Worker severely injured following fall from height

December 11, 2018

A family-owned and run farming business has been fined after an employee sustained severe injuries following a fall from height. Read More

Road Safety

Road safety: Choosing between concrete, plastic and MASS safety roadside barriers

December 11, 2018

Wherever vehicles and pedestrians are in close proximity to one another, safety and security should be a top priority – especially so given vehicles have been weaponised so effectively by terrorists. Read More

Health & Safety Leadership

Client leadership at Thames Water

December 10, 2018

In 2013 Thames Water implemented a new vision, policy and model aimed at producing a seismic shift in senior management tone, employee engagement and supply chain intervention. Read More

Safety culture

Health and safety strategy: Embedding safety into a company’s culture

December 10, 2018

One of the most effective ways to create a successful health and safety strategy is to make it part of a company’s culture and ethos, rather than it being viewed as an isolated policy. That’s according to Simon Jones, Technical Director of Alcumus HSE. Read More

Driver safety

Increasing awareness as a key to understanding driver safety

December 10, 2018

Every year, there are thousands of road accidents in the UK, causing property damage, harm to pedestrians and drivers, and even death. In fact, in 2016, there were over 180,000 road accidents in Britain, and nearly 1,800 of those were fatal. Read More

asbestos

Refurbishment went ahead before asbestos result

December 10, 2018

An asbestos surveying company, Abestos Management Services (AMS) Limited has been sentenced after failing to identify the risk of asbestos-containing Read More

In Court

Manufacturing worker killed in ‘preventable’ machinery incident

December 10, 2018

Employee was in the process of removing a cast plastic rod from a casting machine. The rod was secured in the machine by a pressurised piston, which should have been depressurised before the rod was removed. Read More

SHP weekly top five

SHP weekly top five

December 9, 2018

Poorly fenced off construction site, poor work from height management, £2.3m fine, lift crushed workers foot, HSE publishes mental health first aid guidance and much more… Read More

International legislation

Tackling international legislation

December 8, 2018

Do you struggle finding the relevant pieces of health, safety and environmental legislation for your overseas sites? Read More

Safety Innovation

Safety innovation: Photo-logging

December 7, 2018

Again, we’re in the capable hands of Airsweb Product Development Director, Rob Leech, this time leaning about its mobile application, Airlens. Read More

Safety Differently

Safety Differently: Making the ‘New View’ work

December 7, 2018

John Green, Health and Safety Director at AECON discusses what Safety Differently is and why he feels there is a need for change. Read More

The health & safety servant leader

December 7, 2018

"The servant leader’s attributes of genuine care for others, as well as a deep empathetic approach to understanding the psychosocial factors in the workplace and how people interact within a system, can really prove effective to better understand the dynamic nature of risk." Read More

Win prizes with the Safety & Health Expo advent calendar

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Leadership

Masters of the (health and safety) universe

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New campaign aims to promote health and safety

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Vulnerable patient fatally injured

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New mental health app for construction workers

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Company and Director fined following fatality

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awards

British Safety Council awards Sword of Honour

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Cority completes development of acquired environmental management capabilities

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Driver crushed by tipper truck

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