March 15, 2024
Taking place between 13 and 17 May 2024, and organised by the No Falls Foundation, No Falls Week’s aims to raise awareness about the importance of safe working at height and to prevent falls. Read More
September 13, 2023
A waste management firm has been fined a total of £3 million following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents. Read More
June 1, 2023
Two fifths of people in the construction industry believe an accident is “inevitable” on their sites, research has revealed. Read More
May 11, 2023
OSH professionals will be urged to interrogate their safety culture, not just overall incident rates. Read More
January 23, 2023
There are fears for the safety of construction workers - and the effectiveness of their vehicle safety devices - after a report found the industry accounted for the most work-related fatalities. Read More
January 8, 2019
The number of people killed in work-related accidents in Ireland fell by 23% last year, according to official figures. Read More
December 4, 2018
The biggest health and safety prosecutions over the past month, measured by readers’ interest on SHP. This month’s video highlights six prosecutions. Read More
June 4, 2015
By Mark Paterson, senior risk manager at QBE The construction industry employs 5 per cent of workers in the UK Read More
March 11, 2015
Marcus Boocock attended an IOSH-hosted conference in the Caribbean in February to discuss a new international standard to protect people Read More
March 3, 2015
Last month, Pinsent Masons commented on a case, which resulted in the first ever immediate custodial sentence for a section Read More