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The new register of safety consultants born out of Lord Young's review is all well and good, say John Lacey and Bob Arnold, but much more needs to happen around and alongside it if the credibility of the health and safety profession really is to improve. Read More
July 29, 2010
The Office of the Rail Regulator has published its first-ever health and safety report, offering an industry-wide analysis of activities and results across the rail sector. Read More
May 21, 2010
Although he couldn't talk about his involvement in the first-ever case brought in the first two years under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act (it had been adjourned from February to October this year) lawyer Kevin Bridges gave an insightful view of the Act's potential contribution to improving health and safety. Read More
May 12, 2010
A draft model of accreditation for health and safety consultants is expected to be in place by the summer, with the potential for final recommendations to follow in the autumn, HSE chief executive Geoffrey Podger told delegates at the SHP Legal Arena today (13 May). Read More
May 4, 2010
"Fire up the Quattro and take that bloody seatbelt off, you're a police officer not a bloody vicar!" Do we need a Gene Genie to step in and clean up this health and safety 'mess'? Read More
March 25, 2010
The biggest impact of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act has been the potential of more prosecutions of companies and individuals under other health and safety legislation, as a result of more Police investigations of a suspected breach of the Act. Read More
March 3, 2010
<span style="font-style: italic;">It is exactly 40 years since the United States' OSH Act and the country's first nationwide approach to workplace safety were introduced. The American system of workplace safety is, however, very different to that in the UK, so James Pomeroy compares the two at a time when many leading industry figures on this side of the pond are asking whether we need to change our approach.</span> Read More
January 15, 2010
The number of young people involved in gangs has grown partly as aresult of a claims culture that has limited the opportunities for themto take part in adventure training and sport. Read More
July 7, 2009
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally published the long-awaited report into the underlying causes of fatal accidents in the construction industry. Read More
May 5, 2009
Killing or injuring an employee in the United States incurs far lesspunishment than failing to protect an animal, and is on a par withtrespass, vandalism and petty theft in terms of the penalties meted outto perpetrators. Read More