Articles by Jocelyn Dorrell

An award-winning engineer and a former head of safety at John Lewis discuss the dangers of making assumptions about the causes of escalator accidents, and how best to encourage safe behaviour among members of the public.

A veterinary surgeon who was sacked after she raised safety fears with her boss who said the pandemic was ‘over-hyped’ was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.

A workforce that is overstretched and inexperienced will require training and support if health and safety standards are to be maintained, argues transport safety manager Dean Roscoe CMIOSH.

When a couple of partners at Herbert Parkinson, the John Lewis textiles factory in Lancashire, approached branch safety advisor Rachael Murray to show her their bleeding fingers – the result of inserting hundreds of metal pin hooks into curtain headers by hand each week – she was not only shocked, but determined to do something about it.

Engagement is the holy grail of strong health and safety performance – we found out about Volkerstevin’s award-winning initiative, Safety Ripple.

Achieving Chartered status during maternity leave was just one among many impressive achievements for Karen Godfrey – safety, health and environment manager at Morgan Sindall Construction (Yorkshire and North East).

As many workforces begin to transition back to the office, we spoke to commercial explosives and blasting specialist EPC-UK to find out how it responded to the pandemic.

We speak to Benjamin Legg, global health, safety and wellbeing director at infrastructure giant Ferrovial,

An international career spanning five decades has allowed Malcolm McIntyre CFIOSH, IOSH Balkans representative and formerly global health and safety audit manager at Bovis Lend Lease, countless insights into effective OSH management.

A lorry driver who was sacked after refusing to wear a facemask inside his cab on a client’s site was fairly dismissed, a judge has ruled.