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Hazardous substances

Petrol leak that put public at risk lands Tesco with £8m fine

Hazardous substances

First National Clean Air Day steers OSH to cleaner fuel

Work equipment

£700 wheel handler could have saved JCB reseller £67k fine

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Regulation/Enforcement

New court guideline may push defendants into hasty guilty pleas

New court guidance on reduced sentences in return for early guilty pleas could push organisations into pleading before they have assessed the evidence and legal advice in their cases, defence lawyers have warned.

Safe systems of work

Truck sales co fined £475,000 for fatal trailer-stripping injury

Wolverhampton truck firm ATE Truck and Trailer Sales was handed a £475,000 fine after it admitted failing to make a suitable risk assessment for a task that led to the death of scrap metal worker at its yard.

Regulation/Enforcement

Legal ruling could threaten companies’ right to keep ‘privileged’ documents from enforcers

A High Court judgment handed down last week could provide the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), local authorities and other safety enforcement bodies with the means to obtain legally privileged documents, argue legal experts.

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?

Management systems

OSH auditing

Reality check?

Is auditing a vital check or a false comfort? We look at the evidence.