Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)

Covid disruption, wide scale furloughing of workers and a 10% reduction in weekly hours worked has been accompanied by a 28% year-on-year increase in the number of work-related fatal accidents, according to Great Britain’s annual fatality statistics.

Places for People Homes successfully reduced its fine by showing how vulnerable people would suffer.

As well as best practice, we take a closer look at recent case law for manual handling injury claims.

An international research project which has studied the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among female workers in ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh has found a high MSD burden among those working long hours in non-OSH compliant

A number of employees were diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome at the construction giant’s foundry in Telford.

An engineering technician unsuccessfully appealed against an order that rejected his claim for personal injury after he fractured his hand at work.

New research into preventing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and the risk factors for women, migrants and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) workers has been published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).

In an exclusive interview, Sarah Newton, new chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, explains how she intends to drive safety forward.

A safety consultant has been prosecuted for providing inadequate and flawed advice on noise, vibration and hazardous substances.

Whether returning to work feels like the 'baby steps' suggested by UK prime minister Boris Johnson or a huge and daunting task, easing of the lockdown has now begun.