LUDUS HAS launched its virtual reality (VR) platform in the United Kingdom. Already trusted by global giants, the company is now making its cutting-edge solution available to UK companies looking to modernise and boost their health and safety training. [Read More]

BRITISH AIRWAYS has been fined more than £3M after two employees fell from height and sustained serious injuries. [Read More]

THE DIRECTOR of a Leicester-based construction company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a man fell from height while working on a house extension and died in hospital several weeks later. [Read More]

A WOOD supplier has been fined £40k for failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust. [Read More]

EUROPEAN AND International standards (EN15154 and ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2014) state that safety showers and eye/face wash equipment should be visually inspected and activated on a weekly basis. [Read More]

A SCHOOL academy trust has been fined and a man given a suspended prison sentence after a member of the public was hit by a falling tree branch. [Read More]

ONE IN nine (11%) working Brits took time off work for mental health last year with over a quarter (27%) of those doing so taking more than two weeks off, according to new data from health benefits provider Simplyhealth. [Read More]

BEING APPRECIATED by colleagues can help employees cope with negative experiences at work, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA). [Read More]