THIS SAFETY alert highlights the risk of misleading gas detection readings associated with the use of sampling tubes with pumped gas detectors. Sampling tubes are sometimes used to extend the reach of the detection device and/or to allow detection at an increased distance from the user. [Read More]

SCOTTISH WATER has been fined after an employee, working alone at night, fell through insecure flooring into a storm channel and was seriously injured suffering life threatening and lifelong debilitating injuries. [Read More]

THE ELEVENTH episode of the Health & Safety Matters (HSM) podcast is now available and it features interviews with British Safety Council's Jigna Patel and Casella's Jim Struthers. [Read More]

MCR Safety has developed a revolutionary advanced cut-resistant yarn, which the company says is strong like steel, soft like silk and it’s completely free from glass-fibre and steel. [Read More]

Many people have spent the last few months concerned about COVID-19 and how it could affect their life, from their health to their employment. [Read More]

A SPECIALIST industrial services company has been fined after a worker suffered a fatal injury whilst cleaning waste-water pipes. [Read More]

A COMPANY specialising in landscaping and garden machinery has been fined following an incident where a worker suffered head injuries on site at a school in Cromer, Norfolk. [Read More]

WEMBLEY SCAFFOLDING Services Limited has been fined following an incident where a worker fell five metres and suffered a fatal head injury. [Read More]