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GIG ECONOMY AND MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTED IN WHEC APPOINTMENTS

GIG ECONOMY AND MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTED IN WHEC APPOINTMENTS

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed two new experts to its independent Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC).  WHEC is a scientific and medical expert committee which...
NEBOSH to showcase process safety qualification at OSH India

NEBOSH to showcase process safety qualification at OSH India

NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) is heading to Mumbai this November to exhibit at the annual OSH India Exhibition and Conference. It will be showcasing its range...
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of the British Safety Council.

More needs to be done to protect workers’ lives says British Safety Council

The British Safety Council has pledged to campaign more vigorously for safe and healthy workplaces, as fatalities rise. There were 144 work-related fatalities in Britain during 2017-18, an increase...
Christopher Wilson, a haulage driver, was killed when his tipping trailer was raised and made contact with overhead power lines that ran across part of the yard hard standing at the Airfield Grain store.

£9.5k fine for duo following fatal incident

The partners of a farm in Suffolk have been sentenced after a haulage contractor was killed by an overhead power line strike. Basildon Magistrates’ Court heard how on 30th August 2016,...
10th - 12th April 2018

MAJOR NEW CHARITY TO LAUNCH AT HEALTH & SAFETY EVENT

The Health & Safety Event taking place at the NEC, Birmingham, from the 10 - 12 April 2018, marks the launch of a new charity dedicated exclusively to the work at height sector. The No Falls...
Anglo Recycling Ltd was fined £8000

Recycling company fined after worker injured

A Rochdale recycling company has been fined after an employee’s arm was dragged into unguarded machinery. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 23rd March 2016, the...
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Contractor fined after gas explosion at domestic property

A contractor has been fined after a gas explosion at a domestic property in Lesmahagow. Lanark Sheriff Court heard that, on 22nd March 2007, Turriff Contractors Limited had been contracted to...
Don’t forget managers on Blue Monday

Don't forget managers on this Blue Monday

Blue Monday is the term coined to describe the day calculated to be the most depressing of the year.  Typically falling on the third Monday of January, it is said that the weather, our bank...
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ENCOURAGING STATISTICS FOR BOHS

British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), the Chartered Society for Worker Health and Protection, has welcomed the latest health and safety at work statistics recently published by the Health and...
Ten Tips for managing stress in the workplace

Ten Tips for managing stress in the workplace

Today is Stress Awareness Day , an annual event to raise awareness of this growing issue and promote the importance of wellbeing for individuals and organisations.   A report from the Health...

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