The Health and Safety Executive have released a Safety Bulletin aimed at avoiding trapping/crushing injuries to people in the platform of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs)

23/07/10

A major construction company has been fined today for failing to properly protect its workers from falls at height on a site in South Wales.

23/07/10

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was fined £25,000 on 9 July for exposing its employees to the risk of infection from the potentially deadly E.coli O157 bacteria.

16/07/10

During 2010 there is a European-wide campaign ‘Risk Assessment in the Use of Hazardous Substances’.

16/07/10

From 1 January 2011 the HSE will no longer acknowledge the British Standard BS5973:1993 as a recognised standard for the design of tube-and-fitting scaffolding structures.

09/07/10

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards last week. We were pleased to sponsor the Business Card Draw at the event.

07/07/10

New figures released by HSE on 30th June show number of people killed at work in Britain fell to a record low last year

02/07/10

Survey reveals third of people who suffered work accidents did not have health and safety inductions

02/07/10

The Health and Safety Executive, in partnership with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the EEF and the TUC back campaign for safe maintenance

25/06/10

Joint statement from the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency regarding the jury verdicts in the Buncefield trial

25/06/10