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Georgina Bisby Group Editor |
Catherine Christie Editor |
- Seven steps to machine safety
- Prepared to get tough
- Explosive forces at work
- IOSH voices concern over Deregulation Bill
- Equipped to heighten site safety
- People are the business
- Online verification system checks DNA
- The wind of change
Seven steps to machine safety
13/04 - April 2013
Scafftag has devised seven simple steps to safer machinery using Lockout Tagout products. The Lockout Tagout programmes are designed to eliminate accidental start-up of machines or equipment, and to prevent the release of stored energy during servicing or maintenance. [Read More]
Prepared to get tough
13/04 - April 2013
After a slow start, The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is gaining momentum with a growing number of cases in the pipeline. Rhys Griffiths & Alexandra Hulme chart the Act’s progress [Read More]
Explosive forces at work
13/04 - April 2013
Arc flash accidents are not as rare as is often imagined and the hazards they create are severe. In wind turbines, these hazards are further magnified. Stuart Greenwood looks at how they can be minimised [Read More]
IOSH voices concern over Deregulation Bill
13/06 - June 2013
IOSH has called for caution when it comes to protecting the self employed, following the announcement in the Queen’s speech that self-employed people will be exempt from health and safety rules. [Read More]
Equipped to heighten site safety
13/04 - April 2013
Richard Vann considers the work at height dangers that still exist when erecting, operating or maintaining plant and equipment [Read More]
People are the business
13/06 - June 2013
Catherine Christie talks to Dr Frank Fox, manager of occupational health at global mining company Anglo American, about the health and wellbeing initiatives that are helping to protect the 140,000-strong workforce [Read More]
Online verification system checks DNA
13/04 - April 2013
JSP has introduced JSPCheck, an online checking system for each and every one of its Mk Evolution safety helmets. It is accessed from a new website www.jspcheck.com. [Read More]
The wind of change
13/04 - April 2013
With the increase in renewable energy development in the UK comes the requirement to ensure that appropriate action, management and teamwork in the area of health & safety is carried out accordingly, explains recruitment consultancy Allen & York [Read More]
Monthly Focus - Personal Protection Equipment
Queen announces compensation fund for asbestos victims
13/06 - June 2013
Wipe the floor with slip risks
13/06 - June 2013
- One million hours worked without a reportable accident at former Olympic village
- Retirement causes decline in physical and mental health, report finds
- The Government reintroduces its strict liability proposal
- Report calls for better management of construction spills
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