Human factors

Two employees suffered serious injuries following the release of an acidic cleaning solution

Owner must pay £220k for multiple safety breaches

About 38.5 cubic metres of diluted slurry knocked three workers off the plinth they were working on.

Fatigue significantly increases the risk of incident when not effectively controlled. Karl Simons, chief health, safety and security officer at Thames Water, explains why organisations need to take fatigue management seriously.

#MyFreedomDay is a timely reminder that the UK needs to act more decisively to help eradicate the global scourge of modern slavery.

While it is no longer acceptable to assume that all men are stronger than all women, or that people of one colour have different personalities to those of another colour it is, it appears, entirely acceptable to declare that anyone born since 1980 is addicted to social media and will ‘challenge traditional hierarchical HSE systems’, while anyone born before that date is a luddite with no understanding of the modern age, but will be quite happy to toe the line.

A ship parts manufacturer in Singapore has committed to train older workers in technology in a bid to grow its business by staying competitive with its progressive employment practices.

With the rise in self-employment, independent contractors, and workers accessing the labour market via online platforms, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new research on the risks and benefits of the growing ‘gig’ economy in order to inform future occupational safety and health policy.

An engineering firm has been ordered to pay £160,000 after a schoolboy was crushed to death by a heavy wooden pole when it broke loose and rolled down an embankment where the child was playing.

A fish and chip shop has been prosecuted after three staff members were burned by hot oil when they decided to change the fat during business hours.