August 26, 2020
HAV Inspection and Enforcement Guidance document replaces the Topic Inspection Pack on Hand-arm Vibration. Read More
April 22, 2020
Amy Sadro, Principal Associate in Eversheds Sutherland’s Environment, Health and Safety Team and Dr Chris Nelson, a Principal Consultant and specialist Read More
March 31, 2020
The HSE has issued guidance for occupational health providers, appointed doctors and employers. In the light of advice from Public Health England on COVID-19, HSE has set out in the guidance, what it describes as a proportionate and flexible approach to enable health/medical surveillance to continue. Read More
August 12, 2019
A rock drilling and cliff stabilisation firm and its director have been sentences after multiple workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome. Read More
November 20, 2018
HSE found no measures had been put in place to control exposure to vibration when using pneumatic tools and nothing was implemented to control workers’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica while stripping and replacing furnace linings. Read More
June 28, 2018
The collective movement for solving issues surrounding work related ill health continues to gain momentum, highlighted in the HSE Help Read More
September 23, 2016
By Jim Struthers, Casella sales manager In my previous articles in this series for SHP readers (United worker responsibility: Critical Read More
May 18, 2016
A pipe manufacturing company based in Newport has been fined for safety failings after seven reported cases of Hand Arm Read More
April 29, 2016
Two Derbyshire-based construction firms have been sentenced to fines totalling nearly £300,000 for safety breaches as a result of separate Read More
March 30, 2016
By Niklas Moeller High percentages of open plan space, low partitions and movable walls are just a few of the Read More