productTHE USE of heavy-duty machinery when floor grinding, cutting, or drilling creates and encourages the spread of hazardous dust, which presents significant health and safety issues for contractors on the job.
newsA FOOD waste recycling company has been fined £36k for the illegal spreading and storage of waste at three sites in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in a sentencing case heard at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 16 November 2022.
articleIOSH calls on the Government to reverse the decision to exempt businesses with fewer than 500 staff from reporting requirements and other regulations. Lawrence Webb provides an insight.
newsINTEGRATING INCLUSIVITY and accessibility into the office remains a low priority for businesses despite a growing HR desire to attract more diverse talent than ever before, according to trends data.
newsIOSH HAS called on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to reverse a decision made by his predecessor Liz Truss to exempt about 40,000 businesses from reporting requirements and regulations.
newsA CHIPBOARD manufacturer has been fined £2M for health and safety failings which led to the tragic death of an employee.
newsA COMPANY that handles hazardous waste has made a payment of £25,000 to an environmental charity following the contamination of groundwater at its site.
newsHEALTH AND Safety Matters (HSM) is partnering with law firm DAC Beachcroft to deliver a two-hour webinar on the legal lessons that need to be learned in the aftermath of an accident.
newsLONDON FIRE Brigade’s new deputy commissioner is calling for an end to abuse towards staff as new figures show firefighters and control officers are increasingly suffering from regular incidents of offensive behaviour.
newsA CONSTRUCTION company and two workers have been sentenced after a worker suffered an electric shock while working on a farm.
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