Personal protective equipment

Smart PPE promises greater safety and comfort, but what challenges will OSH professionals need to overcome?

The future of dust extraction must include more careful protection of the health of construction workers.

A lorry driver who was sacked after refusing to wear a facemask inside his cab on a client’s site was fairly dismissed, a judge has ruled.

Whether ensuring working conditions are safe or detecting employees’ elevated temperatures, thermal detection is increasingly important in the workplace.

Yes Recycling is celebrating three years of The National Hard Hat Recycling Scheme.

Gig economy workers are entitled to the same EU health and safety rights as employees, the UK High Court has ruled.

Site workers are confusing RPE and PPE, dust blitz finds

A trade union took the UK government to court this week over gig economy workers being denied basic PPE and health protections during the pandemic.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a military diver who died during training.