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CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AT INCREASED RISK OF SUICIDE, RESEARCH SUGGESTS
Initiatives aimed at protecting the mental health of construction workers may not be getting to those who need them, leading to an increased risk of suicide, researchers at Glasgow Caledonian...
RINGWAY JACOBS ENHANCES LONE WORKER SAFETY FOR FLEET
Highway services provider Ringway Jacobs has become the first UK fleet operation to adopt a video-enabled lone worker service that is designed to better safeguard drivers operating in the field. The...
NHS TRUST FINED FOLLOWING FAILURES TO MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUFT) has been fined for failing to manage environmental risks within its mental health inpatient wards. These breaches were committed by North...
MENTAL HEALTH BIGGEST CRISIS FOR BUSINESS AFTER COVID-19, REPORT REVEALS
A new research report launched today by medical and safety technology company Dräger Safety UK, which assesses the impact of COVID-19, Brexit and workplace culture on health and safety in UK...
REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGE IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
PCIAW and Business in the Community (BITC) have published an in-depth report today that could radically alter the way that textiles are made, used and disposed of; bringing about transformational...
UK SAFETY EXPERT ARCO DONATES £10,000 TO REFUGE
Arco has donated a further £10,000 to Refuge, England’s largest single provider of specialist domestic abuse services, supporting over 7,000 women and children on any given day. The...
UNREGISTERED GAS ENGINEER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL GAS WORK
Unregistered gas fitter Dean Mulholland Blues has been sentenced after putting lives at risk by carrying out illegal gas work at several properties in the north east. Newcastle Crown Court heard...
ARCO GIVES EVIDENCE TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ON PPE PROCUREMENT
Thomas Martin, Chairman of Arco, appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament this week to give evidence to the inquiry into ‘Government procurement and supply of personal...
COMPANY FINED AFTER WORKER LOSES THUMB AND FINGERS
Young’s Seafood Limited, a food manufacturer, has been fined after a worker was trapped by a mixing machine. Grimsby Crown Court heard that, on 16 October 2017, the 59-year-old worker was...
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR STOP THE BLEED TRAINING
Thousands of lives could be saved in the UK every year if people had the right training and education to ‘stop a bleed’ it has been revealed. A new survey to mark Stop the Bleed...
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