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Remember, Remember Forklifts for Safetember

Remember, Remember Forklifts for Safetember
Safetember is a month dedicated to thinking about forklift safety.The FLTA have released a whole series of free learning resources on their website...

Hard Lessons to be Learnt

Hard Lessons to be Learnt
As a H&S professional you probably follow the industry press and are all too familiar with the latest case rulings and fines levied for unsafe...

Latest HSE prosecution heralds focus on Recycling Sector

Latest HSE prosecution heralds focus on Recycling Sector
A recycling company and its two directors have been prosecuted after multiple safety failings. In a follow-up press release the HSE promised a review...

The Cost of Poor Health & Safety

The Cost of Poor Health & Safety
Of course you can't quantify the human cost of a life lost or damaged but the courts are determined to appropriate a significant financial cost to...

Latest HSE Stats - the Headline Figures

Latest HSE Stats - the Headline Figures
The HSE has just issued its latest statistics for workplace injuries and accidents for the year 2016/17.The top line statistics are:

A Nudge In the Right Direction

A Nudge In the Right Direction
Nudge theory has been in the news this month following the announcement of Richard Thaler as this year's Nobel prize winner in Economics. Thaler is a...

Whirlpool £700K Fine Halved on Appeal as Company Demonstrates Safety

Whirlpool £700K Fine Halved on Appeal as Company Demonstrates Safety
Whirlpool £700K fine successfully halved on appeal by demonstrating "a culture of commitment to safe systems and improvements in which all the...

How Health & Safety brought us the ice cream cone . . .

How Health & Safety brought us the ice cream cone . . .
Today we expect sprinkles or a cheeky flake but when ice cream first made an appearance in the 1800s, it often came with a complimentary dose of...

Tractor Safety in Spotlight as Unite Calls for Tougher Regulation

Tractor Safety in Spotlight as Unite Calls for Tougher Regulation
Unite have called for urgent government action to improve safety in the agricultural sector, currently Britain's most dangerous industry. Acting...