Human factors

Dr Dominic Cooper CFIOSH argues that the ideological new take on Safety Differently raises questions.

John Murphy & Sons has been fined £150,000 over the incident, which happened while undertaking work to widen the M8 motorway

Rise in major accidents at industrial facilities globally includes 32 major accidents in India since May, claiming 75 lives.

Why OHS practitioners should look to Churchill’s advice and never let a good crisis go to waste.

Lena Durbec, workplace innovation and wellbeing at work consultant, on how understanding the risk/reward workings of the brain can make more productive workers.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is carrying out spot checks on businesses that have reopened since the UK went into lockdown.

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 owners of a farm have been fined after an employee lost part of his leg when a wall panel trapped him during the build of a silage pit.

Catherine Baker, director of CIRAS, explains the purpose of confidential reporting and how it leads to better decisions.

The Working Time Directive has been amended to provide workers the ability to carry holiday forward