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 Close calls

Wednesday 8th January 2020
Accident reduction
Organisations that focus on high potential events can significantly improve their safety performance.
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 Recipes for success

Thursday 2nd January 2020
Accident reduction
Safe systems of work
AB Sugar won last year’s food & drink health and safety awards, with Allied Bakeries Belfast and 2018’s winner Finlays coming second and third. We take a look at what they did to impress the judges.
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 The switch to electric

Thursday 19th December 2019
Accident reduction
A trial using electric and hybrid plant on a sensitive central London construction site has cut the risk of work-related injuries and brought wider environmental benefits
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 A higher water mark

Monday 16th December 2019
Safe systems of work
Six years after the launch of Forth Ports’ Safety F1rst strategy, the operator is deploying a soft-skills approach to take consultation to a new level
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 IOSH unveils new competency framework

Thursday 5th December 2019
A new competency framework to guide the development of occupational safety and health professionals and meet the needs of employers for a broader set of competencies, has been launched by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
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 Packaging manufacturer fined £150,000 for unsafe stacking

Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Safe systems of work
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted plastic packaging manufacturer Sirap UK over the unsafe stacking of flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) after a worker was injured at the firm’s County Durham site.  
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CCTV footage showing the stack of bikes before they collapsed. Image credit | Preston City Council

 Halfords 'misled council' over unsafe stock levels

Monday 25th November 2019
Safe systems of work
Bike retailer Halfords has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after a set of heavy boxes collapsed on to a staff member, pinning him against a wall and leaving him with a suspected cracked rib. 
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 Payers to players: ISSA’s Vision Zero

Thursday 7th November 2019
Accident reduction
Two years after its launch we look at the progress of what is claimed to be the first global OSH campaign.
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 Time to act

Monday 4th November 2019
Control of contractors
Companies need to be vigilant about possible labour exploitation in their supply chains and by contractors, both in the UK and overseas, and ensure they are behaving ethically.
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 HSE prosecution rate down by a quarter, latest stats reveal

Monday 4th November 2019
Reporting
The HSE’s ability to bring prosecutions to a successful conclusion saw a noticeable downturn in 2018/19, as the total number of cases that resulted in a verdict – whether conviction or acquittal – dropped 23% from 509 in 2017/18 to just 393. That is one of a range of insights in the regulator’s annual statistical release, published last week (30 October).
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