Statistics suggest poor awareness of the risks associated with fork lift trucks may be putting nearby colleagues in harm’s way. David Ellison of the Fork Lift Truck Association explains why training is the focus of this year’s Fork Lift Truck Safety Week…
n a move that has been widely anticipated, the HSE has confirmed its backing for Lord Young’s proposal to increase the employee absence threshold before a work related injury becomes reportable under the Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR).
HSM talks to Safety Groups UK about the role the organisation plays in promoting
health & safety in the UK and how visitors to the Health & Safety Events and HSM
readers can benefit from becoming involved with their local s
A worker loses three fingers in a machine at a paper works Another breaks his back and fractures his skull after falling from a roof while replacing cement sheets. And an elderly resident’s possessions become contaminated with asbestos during renovation work at sheltered housing.
Business downsizing and overhead stripping is
increasing the number of lone workers involved in
potentially hazardous environments.Thankfully there is
now a wide range of technology available designed to
help, but trying
Jim Wallace of Seaward explains how test technology is
helping to maintain the safety of electrical appliances in
the workplace and offers some pointers on how to select
a PAT tester that is right for the job
The dang
Implementing low carbon,sustainable options for buildings not only reduces
costs but uses resources in a manner that doesn’t damage the environment
or the health of the people in it.One option to reduce energy consumption
Vicky Kenrick speaks to HSM about the expanding industries that are welcoming new Health & Safety professionals for and throughout 2012, highlighting in particular opportunities within the Risk & Safety,Chemical and Renewable Energy sectors…
Asbestos. The word does strike a level of fear in those that know the risks of exposure – and that is good; it is what drives workers to find out more about the risks and how to protect themselves, but worryingly there are still those who chance it, are ignorant or consider it a risk of bygone days linked to Britain’s industrial past of shipbuilding and the manufacturing of a wide range of products containing asbestos.
Frustrated by the Government’s slow response to calls for changes to laws concerning dangerous dogs,a group of organisations has launched a petition calling for urgent action. Antonia Molloy reports on how dangerous dogs are now a serious occupational hazard for some workers and discusses what can and is being done
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