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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.

Vehicles are the leading cause of fatalities in Irish workplaces, according to new figures from the Republic of Ireland’s safety regulator the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). 

A South Wales builders’ merchant has been fined £40,000 after an employee sustained multiple fractures while retrieving supplies from racking.

A new range of culturally appropriate safety wear has been launched by construction safety specialists the BCS group, according to Construction Enquirer. 

The infrastructure group’s strategy director is tasked with the “forward-looking stuff”

The Building a Safer Future report proposes reforming the building and fire safety regulatory framework to prevent tragedies like Grenfell Tower occurring again, but what do the changes mean in practice?  

Nearly 30 per cent of workplace injuries in Singapore are now the result of slips, trips and falls, according to the Straits Times. The first six months of 2019 saw more than 1,800 injuries, a 6 per cent increase on last year, with totals of more than 3,000 per year over the past four years.

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has committed to ongoing inspections of farms to reduce the number of accidents. Farming was a “high-risk way of life from a health and safety point of view,” HSENI chief executive Robert Kidd told Farming Life magazine.

A recycling company in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has been fined £25,000 after an employee was crushed between two vehicles.

Jersey’s Health and Safety Inspectorate has issued 22 prohibition notices this year, just three less than the total for the whole of 2018. The rise in enforcement activity is being driven by a thriving building industry, the inspectorate believes.