Falls from height remain the highest kind of fatal accidents, at 50 deaths, significantly up from 40 last year, followed by being struck by a moving vehicle, 25 and struck by a moving object, 20.

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) [i] 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 ...

The kitchen piece is made by crushing rocks together with resins and pigments – a cheaper alternative to real stone such as marble, but with higher concentrations of silica in its dust, which ...

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 ...