productThe UK’s health & safety industry may conjure up a number of thoughts to you – protecting people at work from injury, using safe operating practices to ensure staff safety, protecting your best interests and generating future profits, to name but a few
productA few BSIF members who are personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers, are jetting off to Johannesburg to take part in the inaugural Occupational Safety & Health Expo Africa (OSH Expo Africa) trade exhibition which is aimed at the occupational health & safety community within South Africa and the wider African region.
productIn July, the second airing of BBC One’s Fake Britain programme focusing on the devastating impact counterfeit and illegal PPE can have on the workforce, was aired at prime time viewing. The BSIF contributed to this programme with one of its members Centurion Safety Products.
productIt is a sad fact that thousands of workers develop lung problems and cancer each year as a result of breathing in harmful quantities of dust, fumes or other airborne contaminants at work.
productThe safety industry is ever changing; over the past few months the BSIF has been liaising with a number of bodies and Government officials regarding proposed revisions to legislation and consultations.
productOn the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his keynote speech. In this speech, he stated – But one of the biggest things holding people back is the shadow of health & safety.
productThe safety industry is becoming increasingly dynamic in its nature. Over the past few months the BSIF has been liaising with a number of bodies and Government officials regarding proposed revisions to legislation and consultations.
productThe latest 2010/11 figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show that 171 workers were killed at work, up from 147 fatalities in the previous 12 months. While, an estimated 1.2 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness that they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work, down from 1.3 million in 2009/10.
productIt was disappointing to see the approach that Prime Minister David Cameron took recently when he addressed business owners in Maidenhead, Berkshire during one of his PM Direct meetings.
productFollowing on from the extensive research of reverse and e-auctions within the NHS, The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) fully supports the British Healthcare Industries Association’s (BHIA) view, that reverse auctions and eauctions can adversely affect safety in the same way as these procurement activities also affect the health of patients in hospitals.
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