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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

25th November 2019
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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We need disclosure

21st November 2019
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?
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Bosley Mill explosion: owner charged with corporate manslaughter

12th November 2019
The operators of a mill where four people died in an explosion in 2015 have been charged with corporate manslaughter.
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The evolution of OSH sustainability

11th November 2019
Sustainability
Sustainability and human capital are indelibly linked with safety and health. Development of the first concept started to emerge in the 1970s. Initially concerned with environmental sustainability, it gathered pace in 1987 with the publication of the United Nations' (UN) Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future (bit.ly/30LjLQs). Although sustainability is commonly described under the headings of social, economic and environmental, the focus has been on the last one. Safety and health issues, which can be considered to sit under the social heading, have not received the same level of…
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Engage and connect

11th November 2019
Is worker consultation key to overcoming criticism of procedure-led ways to manage safety?
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Payers to players: ISSA’s Vision Zero

7th November 2019
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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New government must prioritise workplace health

6th November 2019
As the UK Parliament is dissolved for the forthcoming general election, any newly elected administration must prioritise workplace health.
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Time to act

4th November 2019
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

4th November 2019
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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NZ school board in court after teacher and pupil seriously injured in scaffold fall

28th October 2019
A school board of trustees has been ordered to pay NZ$100,000 (£49,338) after a teacher and student were knocked unconscious and left with brain damage after a mobile scaffold being used to set up lights in the school's auditorium toppled over.
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