Health and safety: Do higher fines and tougher enforcement make for more appeals?
The introduction of the Definitive Sentencing Guideline for Health and Safety, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences in February 2016... Read More
A Safe and Healthy Workplace: Why is Health and Safety training important?
Training staff is a statutory requirement and an essential part of managing risk within any organisation. The Health and Safety at Work... Read More
Health and Safety Signage Saves Lives
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) there were 144 UK workers killed at work between 1 April 2015 to 31... Read More
Why the fire industry desperately needs a formal engineering qualification
Right now, there is a real issue in the fire industry: the skills gap is still growing. Quite simply, there aren’t enough... Read More
Perenco gets improvement notice over oil worker death
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has handed Perenco an improvement notice following the death of a rig worker off the coast... Read More
National furniture company fined £1m for safety failings
DFS Trading Limited has been fined after safety failings which led to serious neck and head injuries of a worker. Derby Magistrates’... Read More
Care worker imprisoned after the death of service user
Nikki Deaney, a former care worker at Springwood Day Centre, has been sentenced after the death of service user Majid Akhtar. Nottingham... Read More
HSE warns EnQuest over gas leak
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned EnQuest following a gas leak on its Producer FPSO last year. HSE said... Read More
Free, free at last
People love the feeling of freedom they get when they take to the open road, and naturally resist anything that takes away... Read More
WorkSafe signs deal to promote its health and safety message
WorkSafe Victoria has recently signed a major sponsorship deal with the soccer club, Melbourne Victory. WorkSafe Chief Executive Clare Amies expressed her... Read More