IOSH highlights hidden harm on British farms
A CULTURE of underreporting is masking the full extent of workplace injuries in UK agriculture, according to new research from IOSH.
A CULTURE of underreporting is masking the full extent of workplace injuries in UK agriculture, according to new research from IOSH.
DURING THE FIFA World Cup in Miami, Florida, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department deployed Blackline Safety’s connected EXO area monitors to help protect spectators, athletes and event staff throughout matches and related festivities.
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) continues to support Farm Safety Week, with new figures for 2025/26 revealing that children and older workers remain disproportionately at risk on Britain’s farms. Agriculture remains the industry with the highest rate of work-related fatalities.
A BIOMASS company in Glasgow has been fined a six-figure sum after a worker lost parts of three fingers in machinery at the Daldowie Fuel Plant.
A ROAD planing contractor in Leicestershire has been fined £92,450 after an employee’s leg became entangled in a road milling machine and had to be amputated.
A TISSUE manufacturing company has been fined after an employee was seriously injured while clearing a machine blockage at its factory in Blackburn.
EFFECTIVE DUST control in industrial environments is about more than filtration alone. Managing worker exposure, controlling emissions and maintaining filter efficiency all play a crucial role in protecting plant and machinery, reducing explosion risks and keeping production running safely and efficiently. Nicolas Van der veken provides an insight.
THE CHANNEL Tunnel Group Limited (CTGL also known as Eurotunnel) has been fined £2.25 million after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
BUSINESSES HAVE spent decades collecting data to provide operational and strategic insights. Rarely, though, is operational data retained and used when forming insights into the major strategic production picture.
ONE OF the country’s largest building merchants has been fined more than £2 million after one of its workers was crushed to death by a pallet of timber that weighed around three tonnes.
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