A manufacturer of high-pressure gas cylinders has been ordered to pay more than £800,000 in fines and costs after a worker was fatally wounded by shrapnel ejected from testing equipment.
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.
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
As colleagues were preparing for the future leaders event (p 28) I was reminded of Lao-Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher, who said, "A leader is best when people barely know he exists-¦ when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will all say: 'We did it ourselves'." Is this the art of true safety leadership? To create a climate of ownership and personal accountability across all tiers of an organisation? As a safety professional, either employed in an organisation or in an external support capacity, this is what we should be striving for. Our goal should be to drive good…
Sensory elements such as smell and heat now feature in immersive technologies for safety training. The author reports on their impact and test-drives one of them.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has sent its revised manifesto the three main political parties ahead of this week's General Election.