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Some encouraging news about the economy today, with reports that it grew by by 0.6% in the three months to June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23446056 and the Chancellor suggesting we are moving “from rescue to recovery.” But this news should serve as a reminder that with economic recovery comes a rise in accidents.
HSM’s July/August magazine is now available to read online at www.hsmsearch.com and it contains a special supplement on the hottest topics in health and safety training.
Roger Bibbings from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) discusses latest figures highlighting a fall in the number of workers killed in Britain.
As the government’s red tape reforms gather momentum: changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) and the HSE’s Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP) are underway, and over 3,000 regulations are due to be scrapped or overhauled by December 2013, the picture for businesses is mixed….
A hot topic on our LinkedIn Group this month has been the question of how much you trust safety product sales representatives.
As we move into and through the party political conference season, it will be very interesting to see what prominence, if any, health and safety receives. Will the parties ignore the issue? Make outlandish statements about its burden? Or recognise the true value of a healthy workforce?
Roger Bibbings, occupational safety adviser at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) explores risks and benefits in safety decision-making.
In his Keynote Speech at the Health & Safety North Conference and Exhibition held in Bolton earlier this month, HSE Deputy Chief Executive Kevin Myers charted a list of reviews and critiques that health and safety has been subject to since the present government has come into power.
With the clocks going back at the weekend, in the first of HSM’s Guest Blogs, Simon Elstow head of training, at IAM Drive & Survive offers some tips on driving in the dark.
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