Prosecutions after teenager suffers serious burns
A METAL recycling firm and its director have been sentenced after a 15-year-old employee of the company suffered serious burns following an explosion and flash fire.
Director jailed for asbestos failings
AN ASBESTOS management company director has been jailed after failures to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment project in Plymouth.
Joint initiative launches risk management qualification
EFFECTIVE RISK management helps you make better decisions that protect people, organisations and reputations. That’s why NEBOSH and IIRSM (International Institute of Risk & Safety Management) have partnered to develop the new NEBOSH IIRSM Certificate in Managing Risk.
Tips to protect peoples hearing at work
THURSDAY 3 MARCH marks the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) World Hearing Day, which identifies exposure to noise as one of the seven key interventions to prevent hearing loss. Dr Karen Michell provides top tips to protect peoples hearing at work.
£1.5M fine after electrician’s fatal fall
A COMPANY has been fined after an electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an overhead crane gave way beneath him.
Survey shows face-to-face meetings concerns
DURING THE pandemic the work environment has changed for so many employees across the country. As employers move forwards with their new norms, a new survey has revealed that face-to-face meetings could become extinct.
Wheelchair evacuation
New from SwallowEMP, the powered evacuation specialist, is the LG2030 universal stairway climber which is designed to hold all types of wheelchairs and to navigate straight, curved or spiral staircases.
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