Rehabilitation

When adapting your workplaces to accommodate changes required due to Covid-19, perhaps the area where this will have the greatest impact is the people and the culture of your organisation.

Empowering and supporting staff that have poor mental health can be a valuable facilitator in keeping them in work, as recent IOSH-funded research revealed

Responsibility for the exchange of documents between parties in an injury claim may fall upon a safety professional. So what has to be submitted and are there grounds for refusal?

The case of a viola player whose loss of hearing was deemed a workplace-related injury has prompted the Royal Opera House to review its safety and health processes.

Personal experience has taught the air traffic controller’s OSH head the importance of managing stress and wellbeing.

A Yorkshire food manufacturer has been fined £1.8m after two employees sustained serious injuries after falling through a roof light while fixing a leaky roof.

A Cheshire manufacturing company has been fined £14,000 after an employee sliced his knuckle on a metal cutting saw.

Two recycling companies have been fined in separate cases for injuries to employees who were trying to remove waste material from plant.

A building company found guilty of failing to safely manage work on a construction site has been fined £900,000 after a bricklayer died from fatal head injuries.

A repair and maintenance company has been fined £150,000 after a worker fell 2 m off a ladder while working on a roof.