Regulation/enforcement

We look at a proactive HSE prosecution case that combined the instincts of a tenacious HSE inspector with the technical knowledge of one of her colleagues to hold a LEV examination and testing company to account.

IOSH has written to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to urge him to reverse the decision made by his predecessor Liz Truss to exempt about 40,000 businesses from reporting requirements.

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

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

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.

Public policy, codes and accords should be better used to protect factory workers worldwide from Leicester to Lahore; so argues Richard Jones CFIOSH, commenting on new research reports, as the ILO recognises OSH as a fundamental right.

Former HSE senior team members evaluate the legacy of the Robens report

The total number of workers killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain has fallen to 123, a decrease of 22 fatalities on the previous year, but the fatal injury rate ‘remains broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels’, according to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) provisional figures for 2021/2022.

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) new strategy for managing OSH risks over the next 10 years has been published reflecting the changing nature of the world of work

The 1972 Robens report and the organisations it gave birth to transformed health and safety in Britain and has shown remarkable adaptability even half a century later.