newsGlass manufacturer in court after employees injured in explosion
A Chester glass container manufacturer has been fined for serious safety breaches after two employees were injured in a flash fire.
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newsFamily, including three year old girl, exposed to asbestos
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, a court was told.
newsEngineering and facilities firms sentenced
Two companies have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was electrocuted during work on a data centre in Middlesex.
productSuzy Lamplugh House opens
Provider of lone worker protection solutions and manufacturer of the Identicom lone worker device SoloProtect was joined by customers and friends on 16th October 2015 to celebrate the opening of Suzy Lamplugh House in Tinsley, Sheffield, SoloProtect’s new UK headquarters and Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC).
newsFirm sentenced after worker dies after inhaling paint stripper
An employer has been fined after a worker died after inhaling fumes while cleaning a chemical stripping paint tank at a motor vehicle repair company.
newsMSA completes acquisition of Latchways
Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Incorporated has completed the acquisition of Latchways, the UK based provider of fall protection systems and solutions.
newsNew sentencing guidelines introduced for corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety
New sentencing guidelines published on 3 November aim to ensure a consistent, fair and proportionate approach to sentencing organisations or individuals convicted of corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety and hygiene offences.
newsIOSH campaign marks its first anniversary
An international campaign to raise awareness of occupational cancers has directly reached hundreds of thousands of workers in its first year.
blogWhat can companies learn from the Thomas Cook report?
With health and safety being pushed to the fore in the drawn out Thomas Cook case, James Jameson, VP product strategy at risk management software platform, Rivo, asks if we are about to see a greater importance being placed on good health and safety practice? And, if so, how can companies avoid the kinds of breaches – and damage caused by such – in light of Thomas Cook’s failings?
newsCarpenter in court after trainee’s fingers were severed
The owner of a Bedfordshire joinery and carpentry business pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident, where a person had two fingers amputated, which had occurred at his workshop.
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