Occupational cancer

New study reveals 58% want more help from employers to protect themselves.

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

The minimum percentage of registration dossiers to be checked for compliance has increased.

To mark #SunAwarenessWeek, IOSH highlights steps to take to protect workers from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

European Chemicals Agency to review cadmium and its inorganic compounds, as well as asbestos

Owner must pay £220k for multiple safety breaches

A car bodysprayer developed occupational asthma after using paints that contained isocyanates without adequate controls measures in place, a court has heard.

Only 19% of the organisations potentially exposing employees to asthmagens have health surveillance, according to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) research.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its enforcement guidance after new evidence found that exposure to even mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a farm after a faulty chemicals pump sprayer ruptured into the face of the employee.