Category: Health &amp; Safety News

WORKPLACE WELLBEING SHOW ANNOUNCES MIND AS PARTNER

Workplace Wellbeing Show, hosted by Informa Markets, has announced mental health charity Mind as its official Charity Partner. Organisers believe Mind is the ideal partner for Workplace Wellbeing...

EVENTS

WELLBEING

OUTDOOR WORKERS EXPOSED TO 15% MORE POLLUTION THAN AVERAGE LONDONER

An app developed by King College London as part of the British Safety Council’s Time to Breathe campaign is building on a growing evidence base that proves outdoor workers are exposed to air...

TECHNOLOGY

FLYBE FINED FOR UNSAFE PASSENGER LIFT

International airline Flybe Ltd has been sentenced after an investigation into a worker falling into a lift shaft at Exeter Airport uncovered health and safety failings. Exeter Magistrates’...

FLOOR SAFETY

IN THE COURTS

STANDARDS

TESCO FINED Â£700K AFTER PENSIONER BREAKS HIP

Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has landed a fine in excess of £700,000 after a 91-year-old pensioner slipped at its Hemel Hempstead store and broke his hip. On Monday 6...

FLOOR SAFETY

IN THE COURTS

MATES IN MIND COMMITTED TO REACHING 75% OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

In January, Mates in Mind joined the Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) in a roundtable discussion exploring the prevalence and impacts of mental ill-health in the construction industry. During...

CONSTRUCTION

NEW BUILDING SAFETY REGULATOR TO BE ESTABLISHED

The slow pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned, as he announced that the government is committed to delivering the...

CONSTRUCTION

LEGISLATION

STANDARDS

COMPANY FINED AFTER VEHICLE STRUCK AN OVERHEAD POWER CABLE

Fairhurst Stone Merchants Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle made contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that on 25...

IN THE COURTS

CARLISLE COMPANY FINED AFTER CUSTOMER FATALLY CRUSHED

A Carlisle auto-salvage company was fined after a customer was trapped and fatally crushed when a lift truck he had purchased was being loaded onto his own recovery vehicle. Carlisle Crown...

STUDY FINDS MOST COMMON CAUSES OF STRESS IN UK WORKFORCE

STUDY FINDS MOST COMMON CAUSES OF WORKPLACE STRESS

One in every eight company employees in the UK has taken time off work for stress in the last year, according to a new study conducted by contractor payroll and accountancy experts, the Dolan...