newsFirefighters seriously injured in quarry training exercise
A FIRE and Rescue Service has been prosecuted after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise.
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productPacific chooses Seaward’s HAL LED
Investment in production and testing expertise from Seaward is helping an importer and distributor of domestic lighting ensure products supplied to trade customers across the UK work safely.
newsHSE issues gas safety check warning
GETTING A gas safety check is the best way to protect your property, is a message being put out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
newsElectrician badly burned in B&M warehouse explosion
A RETAIL company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15 per cent of his body when he was caught in an explosion at a warehouse in Liverpool.
podcastHealth and Safety Matters Podcast – Episode 26
EPISODE 26 of the Health & Safety Matters Podcast is now live and features an interview with British Safety Council chair Peter McGettrick.
newsMoD issued Crown Censure following Marine’s death
THE MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a Royal Marine recruit died during a routine training exercise.
productGoalposts boost door protection
BRANDSAFE HAS unveiled modular goalpost solutions to help protect overhead and roller doors. Quick and easy-to-install onsite, and manufactured from galvanised steel, the goalposts can reduce or eliminate damage to vehicle loading bay doors or cold store, freezer and chiller doors, providing added protection of building structures and minimising repairs.
newsWall collapse lands £40k fine
A BUILDING company has been fined £40,000 after the unsupported gable wall of a house collapsed on to a neighbouring property leaving a resident with a fractured sternum and collarbone.
newsWork fatalities reduction “no cause for celebration”, says IOSH
THE INSTITUTION of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) calls on businesses to “leave no stone unturned” in their drive to prevent workplace accidents.
productTargeting Legionnaires disease
LEGIONELLA BACTERIA can thrive in installations such as cooling towers and if these systems are not properly maintained, small droplets of water containing the bacterium can get into the air where people breathe it in. It can then cause a serious form of pneumonia, called Legionnaires disease.
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