The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on work-related fatalities, with 138 workers killed in work-related accidents, up from 136 last year. The figure has ...

Data collected by the business insurer, QBE, suggests the batteries that power electric vehicles such as bikes, scooters and cars, were involved in almost three fires a day last year, compared to ...

The expectation for companies to align their business with environment, social and governance (ESG) factors is increasing at a rapid rate. Improving awareness of sustainability issues, and the impact ...

Are we sleep walking into a new risk environment borne out of societal intolerance, and where does the issue sit in health and safety’s remit? In this special episode of the Safety Conversation ...

Over 150 schools have now been identified as having Reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their buildings. Law firm Fieldfisher LLP offers legal advice on the ramifications. Following the ...

In the spirit of learning, I recently asked people in the ‘new-view’ Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) world how they translate high-level Human Performance (HP) principles into actions to ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is drafting new guidelines for tradesmen working with engineered stone after report shows increased risk to silicosis.. HSE is asking for industry feedback from ...

A pedestrian walkway has collapsed at a residents’ block in Naples, killing two people and injuring 13. The two victims – a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman – died when the walkway partially ...

Calls for UK government to ban artificial stone worktops follow the first cases of silicosis linked to its manufacturing. Medical experts have called for the Government to follow Australia in banning ...

Two fifths of people in the construction industry believe an accident is “inevitable” on their sites, research has revealed. The study also showed almost half of respondents believed their boss could ...

Introduction of a single construction regulator among report’s recommendations. The Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people was a result of “dishonest” companies and a lack of strategy by the fire ...

The number of serious injuries involving forklift trucks has soared by almost a third in the last year, according to one expert in the field. Speaking at Safety & Health Expo, Mentor FLT Training’s ...