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OIL COMPANY FINED FOLLOWING LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS LEAK

ESSO FINED FOLLOWING LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS LEAK

The operator of the UK’s largest oil refinery has been fined for health and safety breaches after a leak of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) was discovered by a worker cycling home at the end of...
HR SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES ESSENTIAL SAFETY

HR SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES ESSENTIAL SAFETY

An HR services consultancy has made its largest acquisition to date, while strengthening its position in the Health & Safety sector. HR Solutions has significantly expanded its reach in the...
TOP AWARD WINS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERTS

TOP AWARD WINS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERTS

One of the UK’s top health and safety consultancies has won two prestigious national awards. Acorn Safety Services has won the UK Best Health & Safety Consultancy award at the SME News...
RESEARCH REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT HAND WASHING AND DRYING AT WORK

RESEARCH REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT HAND WASHING AND DRYING AT WORK

New independent research has found that the majority of employees do not wash and dry their hands properly at work, despite both washing and drying being important to help reduce the spread of...
FARM FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE CRUSHED DURING DEMOLITION PROJECT

FARM FINED AFTER EMPLOYEE CRUSHED DURING DEMOLITION PROJECT

Farming partnership, J & D Foster Farms LLP, has been fined following an incident on its farm where a 21-year-old employee was killed whilst dismantling a redundant piece of farming equipment. ...
CHAS URGES CONSTRUCTION SECTOR TO EMBRACE BUILDING SAFETY SCHEME

CHAS URGES CONSTRUCTION SECTOR TO EMBRACE BUILDING SAFETY SCHEME

Supply-chain risk management expert CHAS has become a registered signatory of Building a Safer Future and is encouraging other members of the built environment sector to do the same.  The...
PALLETLINE’S KEN BELL SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARD

PALLETLINE’S KEN SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

A successful campaign to drive down workplace accidents and work-related stress by instilling a culture of health and safety awareness among colleagues has earned Palletline’s Ken Bell a...
Stocksigns MD Danny Adamson on compliance

SIGNING UP TO A SAFER WORKSPACE

Mandatory by law and essential to reducing the risk of accidents, the implementation of effective safety signage is crucial to any workplace. Here, Danny Adamson, Managing Director at Stocksigns...
TÜV SÜD LAUNCHES ATEX CERTIFICATION SERVICE FOR UK AND EU MARKET ACCESS

TÜV SÜD LAUNCHES ATEX CERTIFICATION SERVICE FOR UK AND EU

TÜV SÜD has launched its ATEX Directive certification service for both CE marking and UKCA mark compliance. From 1 January 2021 new products being released onto the UK market have had...
HSE LAUNCHES NEW MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN

HSE LAUNCHES NEW MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new campaign, ‘Working Minds’, which examines issues relating to health at work. The campaign aims to help businesses recognise...

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