Health & Safety Matters will be supporting EU-OSHA’s next Healthy Workplaces Campaign ‘Managing stress and psychosocial risks at work’, which starts in April 2014, by featuring useful campaign materials in our magazine, on our website and in our email newsletter.
Roger Bibbings, occupational health adviser at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), examines the impact so far of new corporate manslaughter legislation.
Despite their long association, health has always been something of a poor relation to safety. In part this is because health issues are notoriously hard to measure and therefore manage.
Rob Burgon, workplace safety manager at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), discusses why it is vital that managers understand how workers feel about their jobs.
2014 is shaping up to be a very important milestone in the Occupational Health and Safety market in the UK. This year sees the 40th anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work Act, a key element in the reduction of workplace fatalities from over 650 in 1974 to less than 150 at present, a figure still too high which must be reduced further.
Having worked in the occupational health & safety industry for more than 35 years, I have seen a great amount of change. As I retire from the BSIF in the spring, I felt it a good time to reflect upon where the safety industry has been, BSIF’s part in this culture change and where I believe the health & safety world should be heading.
As we shake off a long wet winter and start to welcome the warmer weather, lighter evenings and the advent of new life, the world of health and safety is also marking some new beginnings.
Getting workers engaged in health and safety isn’t always the easiest task but it’s one that’s well worth the effort, says Karen McDonnell, occupational safety and health policy adviser at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) who suggests some ways to get started.
Nicki Stewart looks at the active role of the employer in creating a safe workplace.
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