May 3, 2024This week the articles most read have been: Higher demand but not able to meet it – survey finds health and safety provision lacking for staff, National Highways: “Why aren’t road collisions RIDDOR reportable?”, Housing company fined more than £500k after worker suffers burns, Company fined after agency worker injured using unguarded machine and Shipping Services company fined after worker loses finger.
Staff have increasing expectations of employers to meet health and safety needs – but employers are not equipped enough to meet the needs, a survey has found.
The Vehicles don’t crash – people do! conference at the National Space Center in Leicester hosted by National Highways and Driving for Better Business, focused on what health and safety professionals should be doing to increase driver-centric safety measures.
A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns to his face.
A packaging manufacturer has been fined for safety breaches after a worker received severe hand injuries at a factory in Yorkshire.
A company that provides shipping services, cargo handling and storage has been fined after a worker severed part of his finger while at work.
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