AN ELECTRICAL company has been fined €20,000, with prosecution costs of over €12,000, for failing to carry out the necessary research on the rolling electric gate which fell and fatally injured a 44-year-old security guard in Co. Meath, Ireland in 2016. [Read More]

A THIRD of white-collar professionals have stated that they are ‘very likely’ to leave their job in the coming months, unless more understanding and assistance is directed toward personal matters which impact their work. [Read More]

THE OFFICE of Rail and Road (ORR) – the primary producer of official statistics for Britain’s railway – has published new data showing that Britain continues to have one of the safest railways in Europe. [Read More]

THE LATEST issue of Connected, issue 7, the Reset magazine is available to read now. [Read More]

ON HAZARDOUS sites with harmful noise levels, the requirement for adequate hearing protection can be at odds with the need for effective communication. Sonis® Comms innovative new technology is changing the way teams communicate on site whilst providing the necessary hearing protection. [Read More]

RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE company, VolkerRail Ltd has been fined £550,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 after an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). [Read More]

A YORKSHIRE property company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works on a property in Kirkburn, Driffield after ignoring a number of requests to do so by housing officers. [Read More]

FALL PREVENTION has been identified as the number one priority by the leading health and safety charity the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). [Read More]