newsSCOTTISH WATER has been fined after an employee, working alone at night, fell through insecure flooring into a storm channel and was seriously injured suffering life threatening and lifelong debilitating injuries.
podcastTHE ELEVENTH episode of the Health & Safety Matters (HSM) podcast is now available and it features interviews with British Safety Council’s Jigna Patel and Casella’s Jim Struthers.
newsFACILITIES MANAGEMENT company, Totally Local Company Ltd, has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries when they were crushed between a ride-on-roller and shipping container during footpath improvement works.
newsPROJECT EDWARD (Every Day Without a Road Death) campaign launches its road safety awareness week with the 2020 theme centred around Driving For Work.
newsTHE GOVERNMENT has updated guidance to help universities reopen buildings and campuses this September while keeping students and staff safe.
newsTHE NON-mainline heritage rail sector has taken steps to improve how it manages safety across its railways and has been praised by the Office of Rail and Road for how it has managed the reopening of its railways since the coronavirus pandemic.
productMany people have spent the last few months concerned about COVID-19 and how it could affect their life, from their health to their employment.
newsTHE COMPANY owners of two UK-registered fishing vessels which went to sea without the correct certification have been found guilty in a prosecution by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and fined a total of £4,000.
productEmergency safety showers must be situated within 20 metres of a hazard.
productResearch carried out by the HSE estimated the human and economic cost of “falls from commercial vehicle” incidents in the UK over a one-year period was in excess of £36.5 million. A sizeable proportion of these are falls from tail-lifts.
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