A worker who repaired potholes was diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), an occupational disease, following repeated exposure to vibration tools. His employer, Rotherham Metropolitan ...

Health and safety professionals must look after themselves to ensure they protect others, the new IOSH President has said on her focus for this year. Kelly Nicoll became the 58 th President of the ...

Britain’s workplace safety regulator has published a guide of do’s and don’ts for people installing stone worktops. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) guidance is designed to highlight the need ...

A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham ...

A company that produces stone products and its director have been fined a total of just under £20,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).

Can behavioural safety directly reduce accidents at work? Dom Cooper looks at common assumptions and approaches to behaviour-based change. Without doubt, some of the criticisms have been justified by ...

Dr Ivan Williams Jimenez, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) shares his thoughts on US President-elect Donald Trump’s impending term.

MAPA PROFESSIONAL, a major player in hand protection, announces the launch of SAFE CHEM, a free tool designed to help professionals choose the right gloves for their specific chemical protection needs ...

Writing for RoSPA, Dominic Watkins, Partner and Global Lead Consumer Sector, and Nadine Robinson, ESG and Sustainability Director, both of DWF, explain how the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence ...

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBK&C) has committed to driving up safety standards following extensive criticism by the Grenfell Tower inquiry phase 2 report. In a response presented to ...