WESTERN BUSINESS Media has announced the launch of the Women in Safety & Health Awards, which will become a key part of the Health & Safety Matters portfolio.

[Read More]

A CONSTRUCTION company that specialises in road resurfacing in London has been fined £1m after one of its employees was killed by a reversing road-sweeper.

[Read More]

NEW RESEARCH has revealed that UK sick leave has hit alarming new levels, costing businesses over £20,000 per long-term absence and £13,800 per short-term case (MetLife UK).

[Read More]

A SELF-employed builder from Reading has been given a suspended prison sentence after a man fell to his death while assisting with roof work.

[Read More]

RAPID GLOBAL has released new research highlighting a sharp disconnect between managers and frontline workers around UK industry’s readiness to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalisation for better workplace safety.

[Read More]

A MANUFACTURER of rolled aluminium products has been fined £300k after a worker was crushed under a 1.5-tonne hydraulic arm at its site in Bridgnorth.

[Read More]

A WASTE management company has been fined £2.48 million after a worker was run over by a reversing skip wagon at a waste transfer station in Bradford.

[Read More]

A NEW on-site inspection programme to tackle the risk of back and joint issues among workers in the haulage and logistics industry is being launched by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI).

[Read More]

TWO COMPANIES have been fined after a man fell through a fragile rooflight at a factory in Keighley, impaling his leg on machinery below.

[Read More]

THE UK Government must widen access to and strengthen occupational health systems if it is to meet its target of reducing sickness absence and getting people back to work, a new report from IOSH says.

[Read More]