Planning

Owner must pay £220k for multiple safety breaches

The government is to consult on a new duty to require businesses and Local Authorities to put in place measures to protect the public in the event of a terrorist attack, according to plans from the Home Office.

An overhaul of the UK’s data protection and privacy laws raises serious questions for OSH professionals, who will need to be mindful of the financial and legal costs of non-compliance.

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).

Responsibility for the exchange of documents between parties in an injury claim may fall upon a safety professional. So what has to be submitted and are there grounds for refusal?

Midlands-based manufacturer, Evac+Chair will be focusing on how you can ensure your organisation follows best practice in emergency evacuation when it exhibits its world-leading range of evacuation chairs at the up-coming Safety Health Environment Show North West, Old Trafford, Manchester, 24 September.

High-rise construction site workers aren’t treating evacuation alarms seriously enough and are “risking their lives” by not responding immediately, new research reveals today. 

Evac+Chair will be sharing best practice in emergency evacuation when exhibiting its extensive range of emergency evacuation solutions at Health & Safety North 2019, 8-9 October, EventCity Manchester.

A New Zealand juice company has been fined NZ$367,500 (£193,334) after it allowed a female employee to operate a faulty machine, which resulted in her death.

The multi-campus City of Bristol College, used by some 20,000 students and 1,000 staff, has overhauled its evacuation procedures with the help of Evac+Chair.