Management

Guidance on UKCA marks post-Brexit were recently updated by the Office for Product Safety and Standards for clarity.

The rapid shift to remote working has presented employers with new workplace ethical dilemmas.

Business leaders committed to superlative safety performance must lead by example, draw on workers’ insights and practical skills, and ensure corrective and preventive actions.

Beliefs in and attitudes towards safety underpin OSH culture and, ultimately, performance. How do we build a safety culture and how might it change?

Senior OSH specialist Angela Gray on how to be an effective communicator.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has signed an agreement with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) to improve OSH practices in ten priority economic sectors. The partnership builds on similar work in Bangladesh’s garment sector

The Isle of Man government has brought into force the island’s first legal powers to reduce asbestos exposure in the workplace.

The US Department of Labor has presented an Ohio-based vehicle parts manufacturer on its ‘severe violator enforcement programme’ with a fine of $480,240 (approx. £373,000) after inspectors found it had continually exposed workers to multiple machine hazards

A series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests made by the trade union Unite (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/august/frightening-drop-in-construction-safety-inspections-exposed/) has highlighted a significant decline in the number of ‘proactive’ inspections that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has made in the construction sector since 2013/14.

Dyson Technologies has been handed a £1.2 million fine after a worker at its Wiltshire site narrowly escaped being crushed by a 1.5 tonne milling machine.