Agriculture
A draft standard covering health and safety within supply chains has reached an important milestone
The standard, ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement – Guidance, has reached the second draft international standard…
Fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2015/16
Transport and falls from a height are the biggest killers in agriculture Figures published in…
Site manager jailed following fatal fall
A building site manager who had a “total disregard of health and safety” has been…
Workplace stress
HSE’s new strategy Helping Great Britain work well is tackling workplace ill health as one…
Fish processing firm fined after man killed by falling boxes
A Plymouth company has been fined £500,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries when a…
Farming is not child’s play
According to the Farm Safety Foundation’s Stephanie Berkeley: “We all know that farms can be…
Take stock of livestock
Handling cattle always involves risks, the risk of being hurt physically by an animal that…
Farmed and dangerous?
In recent years, work-related fatalities in the UK and Ireland’s farming industries have been disproportionate…