PABIAC launches phase 2 of health and safety drive - July 24, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Paper and Board Industry Advisory Committee (PABIAC) has launched the second phase of its plan to improve the health and safety performances of companies which operate in the papermaking, corrugated packaging and recovered paper [read more...]

Call for health and safety training for young workers - July 23, 2008

Three MEPs have called for employers to do more to ensure the health and safety of young workers is protected in the workplace by providing suitable training and instruction.

Derek Clark, UK Independence Party MEP for the east Midlands, Jean Lambert, [read more...]

Farmers 'must maintain good health and safety practice' - July 23, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning farmers they must ensure health and safety is managed on their sites to minimise the risk of injury to children and other visitors.

According to Andy Gay, falls from height, fires and being [read more...]

Investigation into contractor's death - July 16, 2008

An investigation is being launched after a contract worker suffered fatal injuries while working on a railway line.

The 41-year-old man was carrying out maintenance work on the mainline south of Rugby Station on Saturday morning when he suffered serious injuries [read more...]

Company fined after OAP fall - July 8, 2008

A heating firm has been fined £5,000 after it admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Progas Heating, of Denny, Stirlingshire, was handed the penalty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after an 89-year-old Edinburgh woman fell through a [read more...]

Companies warned over health and safety cutbacks - July 2, 2008

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is warning companies not to cut back on health and safety standards in a bid to save money.

According to the organisation, firms looking to make savings due to the deteriorating state of [read more...]

Industrial estate spot checks - July 2, 2008

Industrial estates in the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire areas are to be subject to health and safety inspections.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has joined forces with local authorities in the two counties to carry out spot checks that will focus [read more...]

Contracted worker killed - June 30, 2008

An investigation is underway after a contracted rail worker died near a railway bridge at Brigg, south Humberside, it has been reported.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the incident which took place last week, according to Thisisscunthorpe.co.uk.

Reports claim the [read more...]

HSE plans migrant worker checks - June 30, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it is to make spot checks at employment agencies in Cambridgeshire to ensure migrant workers are receiving adequate induction and training.

HSE inspectors and environmental health officers plan to contact agencies to find [read more...]

Health and safety curriculum call - June 27, 2008

The chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health has called for health and safety at work to be made part of the national curriculum to combat the number of young people killed when they enter [read more...]