newsAlan Murray appointed president of Safety Groups UK
SAFETY GROUPS UK (SGUK), the coordinating body for a network of around 73 local voluntary occupational health and safety groups across the UK, has appointed Alan Murray as its new president.
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newsWorkers unconfident attending to a cardiac arrest
IN THE past year alone, 34,407 people in the UK have suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Of these, 4,472 occurred outside the home, relying on members of the public and colleagues to attend to them*.
blogData shows decline of workplace injuries while mental health rises
AS IT has been 50 years since the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Horizon Platforms look at its impact on health and safety across the UK, alongside the impact of subsequent laws passed since.
newsCompany prosecuted after delivery driver electrocuted
A COMPANY in Berkshire has been fined £30k after a father-of-four was electrocuted.
newsLivestock auctioneers fined after man killed by cow
A COMPANY has been fined after a 75-year-old man was killed by a cow that had escaped from a livestock market in Wales.
newsMan spared jail for unsafe work on his home
A MAN has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester.
productWhy cleaning innovations matter in the digital revolution
TORK, FROM hygiene and health company, Essity, looks at how technology will change the manufacturing and cleaning industry.
newsTata Chemicals fined following young father’s death
TATA CHEMICALS Europe Limited has been fined £1.13m after a young father died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich.
newsOpenreach fined after engineer dies
OPENREACH LIMITED has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died whilst trying to repair a telephone line.
newsConstruction company fined following HGV driver fatality
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE-based engineering and groundworks contractor has been fined £233,000 for safety breaches after a 52-year old HGV driver was struck and killed by the mast of a piling rig at a house build site in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
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