Non-health related fatalities

UK senior coroner Kevin McLoughlin on the changing nature of work-related fatalities and the challenges of getting a true picture.

We look at how new digital technologies can help to improve driver safety and reduce accidents, with practical considerations for IOSH professionals.

We speak with HSE inspector Pippa Trimble about how a lorry driver’s fatal fall resulted in an almost half-million-pound fine

A waste and recycling firm has been found guilty of safety failings after an experienced maintenance contractor sustained fatal injuries in a seven-metre fall

A senior government minister in Singapore has issued a warning to company directors that they face prosecution for health and safety failures, as the government considers a new Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) on directors’ duties

A roofing boss has received a custodial sentence after one of his workers fell through a farm outbuilding roof. IOSH Magazine spoke to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector of health and safety Michael Griffiths about what happened.

The worker leaned onto a fabric webbing panel that broke away when he was trying to retrieve an item floating in the water.

A product surveillance study of telescopic leaning ladders sold online and in-store has found that 80% of the work at height equipment tested failed the required safety tests designed to keep users safe.

Modus Workspace claimed in court that loss-making projections should have led to reduced penalties.

Winter storms and slashed budgets combined with a lack of skills and awareness are leading to needless deaths in forestry and arboriculture.