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29 June 2022
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A COUPLE who subjected victims to a life of misery and poverty by forcing them to work and spending their earnings, have been jailed for modern slavery offences.
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29 June 2022
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A BLACKBURN based warehouse owner has been fined after an employee of a roofing contractor Nizamuddin Gorji fell approximately 30 feet through a glass skylight on a warehouse roof resulting in severe life changing injuries.
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29 June 2022
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AT THE start of World Wellbeing Week, which takes place from 27 June to 1 July, the Chairman of British Safety Council, Peter McGettrick, has issued a rallying cry to all businesses and employers to make the wellbeing of their staff as important as their health and safety.
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29 June 2022
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BRINGING NEW ways of teamworking, JSP's Sonis Comms features embedded DMC technology to enable teams of up to 15 people to communicate and move around freely in remote locations without internet or mobile network coverage. Developed for high-performance protection, Sonis Comms offers SNR levels of 34dB (Headband) and 30dB (Mounted).
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29 June 2022
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VERY FITTING for Polyco Healthline to celebrate the 2 year anniversary launch of its rPET Polyflex Eco glove range with a new product addition:PECT Polyflex Eco CUT.
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27 June 2022
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THE MAKER of popular brands like Cathedral City and others has been fined £1.5 million - the largest fine ever awarded for an Environment Agency conviction in the South West.
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27 June 2022
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TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to J Russell Brownlie, a former president of IOSH, who passed away recently in Edinburgh.
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27 June 2022
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THE UK'S booming logistics sector must not fall behind on safety and compliance while in a period of expansion, urges TTC. It is calling on the industry to continue to focus on driver training for all within the sector in order to increase road safety, decrease accident rates and lower fleet costs for operators, for the benefit of all.
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27 June 2022
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MANY CUT resistant gloves found on today’s market are fortified with harsh fibres such as steel or glass fibre. It's a very effective way of making a cut resistant glove but these fibres tend to break down with heavy use due to the brittle nature of their structure.
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27 June 2022
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HAVING ACCESS to meaningful information about noise exposure is key to encouraging behavioural change and improving the way safety managers engage with at-risk employees. This is the driving force behind Smart Alert, a new and intelligent system from Minuendo aimed at preventing noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in the workplace.
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22 June 2022
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WORK IS underway to implement legislation designed to support the wellbeing of healthcare staff and patients, and will be completed by spring 2024.
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22 June 2022
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A HUMAN cough simulator to test the effectiveness of face shield protection during the pandemic, reducing the risk of the transmission of COVID to delivery drivers and gas explosion tests in a life size replica house are just some of the studies scientists working for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have completed in the last 12 months.
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22 June 2022
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A MANUFACTURER of concrete architectural elements and garden ornaments, and its director, have been fined after an employee sustained life-changing injuries when his arms became trapped in a cement mixer.
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22 June 2022
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TWO FORMER company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was still taking place.
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22 June 2022
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Air pollution is a major source of ill-health and death worldwide. it was the United Kingdom’s Clean Air Day on 16 June, so it is a good opportunity to discuss the issue.
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20 June 2022
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DRAEGER SAFETY UK has issued a call for greater adoption of digital and connected safety technologies in light of changes to working styles post-Covid. This follows a warning issued by the company last year that British industry is ‘missing an opportunity’ in this area to improve employee safety.
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20 June 2022
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DIGITAL HEALTH and safety specialist EcoOnline has acquired StaySafe, a leading provider of cloud-based monitoring solutions that ensures workers in remote or risky environments have twenty-four-seven protection, expanding and strengthening its comprehensive suite of EHS SaaS Solutions.
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20 June 2022
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NEW RESEARCH published by Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, has found that only 45% of employees feel that they can switch off from work, with the other 55% stating they feel pressured to respond to calls or check emails after working hours.
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20 June 2022
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A CARE home company has been fined for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable woman in their care.
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20 June 2022
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A NEW survey has revealed a widening divide between frontline workers and their HQ counterparts. More than 1 in 3 (40%) of frontline workers said management is “out of touch” with their role based on the communications they receive from HQ.
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