Over 30% of food and drink industry injuries reported to HSE are manual handling injuries
Injuries such as back injuries, represent around 1700 acute injuries per year. Manual handling injuries…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Emotive new film urges farm workers to take care near overhead power lines
On average, one farm worker dies each year as a result of contact with…
Brake comments on increase in drink-driving crashes in 2016
The Department for Transport has published provisional estimates on personal injury drink drive crashes in…
IOSH joins Vision Zero campaign
The world’s leading professional safety and health body is backing a campaign to eradicate all…
Raising health and safety standards in UK Construction
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) and the Contractors’ Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS)…
Safety and health sentencing: two years on
Early February saw the second anniversary of the introduction of new sentencing guidelines for health…
Good Work’ plan must boost health and wellbeing to reduce stress
“There is a fundamental duty on employers to protect the health and safety of all…
Farmers joint NFU’s farm safety campaign#SeeItChangeIt
The NFU has launched its #SeeItChangeIt campaign at the NFU’s annual conference – its latest…
Principal contractor and site manager sentenced following asbestos exposure at a construction site
The principal contractor and site manager of a construction site in Derby city centre…
Construction company fined after worker killed
A construction company has been fined after an employee died after falling over 6 metres.…