newsTHE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on proposals to improve the application of the Control of Asbestos Regulations and guidance around asbestos management to help protect workers and building users.
productTO COINCIDE with the launch of its 2026 Hand and Arm Protection catalogue, Tilsatec will be previewing several new launches at HSM Live in Glasgow at the end of the month.
productTHE PURPOSE of the emergency stop device is to avert or prevent existing or impending risks to persons or damage to machines as a result of the behaviour of individuals or an unexpected hazardous event. The emergency stop device is triggered manually by a single action of a single person.
newsOVER THREE quarters (77%) of shop staff have experienced intimidating behaviour in the last year and a quarter (23%) were physically assaulted according to a new survey of 1,000 workers by the charity Retail Trust.
newsCHARITIES AND mental health campaigners including Mind and Mental Health First Aid England have welcomed as ‘an important step forward’ the publication of BS 30480, the UK’s first British standard dedicated to addressing the risk of suicide and its impact in the workplace.
newsA CONSTRUCTION company that specialises in road resurfacing in London has been fined £1m after one of its employees was killed by a reversing road-sweeper.
newsWESTERN BUSINESS Media has announced the launch of the Women in Safety & Health Awards, which will become a key part of the Health & Safety Matters portfolio.
newsA MIDDLESBOROUGH man has been given a suspended prison sentence after carrying out illegal gas work.
newsA MARINA based in the Norfolk Broads has been fined after a man was injured during a boat lift at the site.
newsNEW RESEARCH has revealed that 80 percent of business fleets do not have a road safety policy in place for their drivers.
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