Mining and quarrying

A total of 111 individuals lost their lives at work in the 12 months ending 31 March 2020, the lowest ever recorded number of workplace fatal accidents.

The Irish Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has this week launched an inspection blitz on quarries with a focus on the most common causes of fatal injury. 

Musculoskeletal harm now accounts for 27 per cent of all work-related disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in New Zealand, according to a report from the country’s health and safety regulator, WorkSafe. A DALY is defined by the World Health Organization as one lost “healthy” life year.

 IOSH and award-winning content marketing and publishing agency Redactive today announced a new partnership to provide news, updates, insight, careers advice and job opportunities for safety and health’s largest professional community.

A training technique typically used in art education offers a fresh perspective on identifying hazards.

Three specialists outline five key lessons that OSH professionals can consider in their work.

A new joint campaign urging the UK government to introduce a law to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace has been launched by an alliance of unions, women’s rights organisations and the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Organisations are being urged to promote lunchtime fitness classes to manage obesity in the workplace. 

One of the UK’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of precast concrete solutions has been fined £150,000 after a quarry worker sustained a fatal head injury in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.