SNICKERS WORKWEAR takes personal wellbeing at work very seriously and the company says its range of Hi-Vis protective wear is streets ahead of anything else.

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RENOWNED FOR its hi-spec PPE that includes advanced hearing protection products, face protection and communication solutions, Hellberg Safety is launching a new range safety eyewear.

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DB CARGO has been fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect the safety of its workers following an incident at its Dollands Moor freight yard in 2018.

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AN ENVIRONMENTAL management services company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle.

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A METAL supplier has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures to the hand and wrist when he was polishing a metal bar with a manual metalworking lathe.

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A BALLYMENA based firm, H&M Engineering & Roofing Specialists (NI) Limited has been prosecuted for multiple work-related offences relating to the death of one of their employees.

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THE FABRICATION division of Nasmyth Technologies Limited has been fined after four employees were exposed to hazardous substances that caused significant ill health and time off work as a result.

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A CARE home for vulnerable adults has been fined after a resident was injured in a fall from height.

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A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after HSE inspectors found unsafe working at height practises and unsafe crane operations during a routine inspection.

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A SCHOOL has been fined after a member of public tripped over a retaining wall and sustained a fatal head injury.

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THE TEAM at Test & Research Centre, the not-for-profit testing facility for work at height equipment, was asked to examine a suspicious shipment of ladders intercepted by Trading Standards at the Port of Felixtowe in February 2021 and were shocked at how dangerous these products turned out to be.

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NEARLY ONE in six small business owners (14 per cent) say that stress caused by legal matters has led to a physical or mental health condition, according to new research from Direct Line business insurance.*

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PLANS TO review and strengthen the UK’s product safety laws and ensure they are fit for the 21st century have been set out by business minister Paul Scully.

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NEW COMMUNITY face coverings standard has benefitted from public comments, it has been updated to include new environmental considerations as well as enhanced guidance on labelling, cleaning, fitting, fastening, breathing resistance.

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THE INSTITUTION of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has appointed Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher as its new chief executive.

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NEW RESEARCH from Brake, the road safety charity, and the insurer Direct Line, has revealed that stress and anger behind the wheel has increased since the first national lockdown, in March 2020, and that drivers themselves admit that these negative moods are having a detrimental effect on their driving behaviour.

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ROSPA AND NEBOSH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further their close, long-established working relationship.

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HEALTH AND Safety Matters has a number of webinars planned in the coming weeks that offer CPD to attendees and feature high profile speakers from the Health and Safety Executive, British Safety Industry Federation, BAFE and more.

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A ROGUE trader has been jailed for allowing thousands of tonnes of waste - including hazardous material - to be illegally deposited at a site in Somerset.

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IN A major commitment to protecting people and the planet, GORE-TEX Professional has just launched its new Sustainability Framework.

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