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Emergency planning

Safety bodies issue joint call for deregulation halt after Grenfell Tower fire

Asbestos

Union criticises Fife Council’s health policies after workers exposed to asbestos

Lone workers

*UPDATE* South West Water fined £1.8m after lone worker drowned

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Workplace transport

Council fined £1m after poorly trained worker ran over disabled OAP

Nottinghamshire County Council has been fined £1m after one of its workers drove into a disabled member of the public in Rufford Abbey Country Park on 1 June 2015.

Management systems

European workers are losing influence on OSH management

A pan-European study by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) claims arrangements for workers to engage in influencing occupational safety and health (OSH) management in their workplaces is declining in Europe.

Violence at work

Online threats push up work-related violence figures

The UK’s latest violence at work figures show a significant spike in the number of threats reported by workers, reflecting the new inclusion of online threats in the statistics.

Features

Accident reduction

Bullying

Career development

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Leadership

Leader interview

Bill Gunnyeon, IOSH

The institution’s chair of trustees talks about the new five-year strategy and his work in government to reinforce the connection between work and good health.

Disability

Health conditions

Working through: epilepsy

What adjustments need to be made to working environments to help employees with the condition?

Disability

Health conditions

Working through: cancer

In the first of a series we look at how to support an employee working with cancer and whether risk assessments need adjusting for the individual and those working with them.