newsA leading environmental consultant has hit out at the Occupational Safety Consultants Register (OSCR) proposed by Lord Young’s review and due to be implemented in early 2011 as “a toothless tiger which is at best a poor attempt to solve a problem that already has a solution and at worst damaging to the profession 
newsSpecsavers Corporate Eyecare is offering a free guide to safety eyewear. The publication includes recent research into employers’ understanding of the regulations and addresses common misinterpretations…
newsUsers of certain types of scissor lifts are being advised to make daily safety checks after five people were killed in three separate incidents when they overturned…
newsUncollected trade waste is the responsibility of businesses and, particularly during the current turbulent weather conditions, procedures need to be in place to deal with it…
newsWorkplace equipment provider Slingsby has issued guidance on preventing the spread of viruses and flu in the workplace…
productUK and Ireland-based operators travelling to or through Germany are now required to have M+S tyres fitted to drive axles during snowy and icy conditions following a revision to the existing law in the European country…
newsBusinesses and organisations wishing to enter the 2011 RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards have just one week left in which to submit their entries…
newsIn a move to drive further reductions in the number of accidental hydrocarbon releases in the UK oil and gas industry, companies have committed jointly to cut leaks on their offshore installations by 50 per cent over the next three years…
newsHealth and safety consultants are being invited to sign up to a new independent register that is intended to become a benchmark for standards in the profession…
productMost companies will be aware that
any system that operates above the
flash point of the thermal fluid falls
under the “Dangerous Substances
and Explosive Atmosphere”
(DSEAR) Regulations 2002.
However what some compani
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