articleThe construction sector is among the most dangerous industries in Britain and working at height is the leading contributor to on-site fatalities. Peter Upcott says that by following best practices around work safety and managing dropped objects, the risks can be mitigated.
newsUK RETAILER Marks and Spencer has reduced workplace incidents by 80% just 10 weeks after introducing AI driven health and safety technology from Irish start-up Protex AI to its distribution centre in Castle Donington.
newsDRÄGER IS calling for increased regulation and more detailed safety guidance within the tunnelling industry, following recent research highlighting safety as a major concern for those working underground.
newsA FOOD waste recycling company has been fined £36k for the illegal spreading and storage of waste at three sites in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in a sentencing case heard at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 16 November 2022.
podcastEPISODE 29 of the Health and Safety Matters Podcast is now live and features an interview with Safety Rocks Founder Carla Carla Crocombe.
newsA HERTFORDSHIRE construction company has been fined after a worker fell through a skylight while working on a six-storey house. The man fell over three metres and received serious head injuries that led to him being in a coma for six weeks.
newsTELEVISION PRESENTER Tess Daly has been confirmed as the first female host of the Safety and Health Excellence Awards, which will take place on 26 April 2023.
newsVERIFORCE, THE supply chain risk, and compliance management industry’s fastest-growing solution provider, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CHAS 2013 Limited.
newsNEW FIGURES show the estimated number of workers in Great Britain suffering a work-related illness is 1.8 million with stress, depression, and anxiety making up around half of cases.
newsA ROOFING company has been fined and its sole director given a suspended prison sentence following an incident where a worker fell 12 metres to his death on a storm-damaged warehouse roof.
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