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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
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
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 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 . . .
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
Unite have called for urgent government action to improve safety in the agricultural sector, currently Britain's most dangerous industry. Acting...
Agricultural & Waste Sectors Prove Risky Business - HSE Fatality Stats
The HSE has released it's latest UK fatal injury statistics for 2017-18, reporting that a total of 144 UK workers were killed at work.
Yanny vs Laurel - can you always trust your perception?
Gustave Flaubert, the influential French novelist, argued there is no truth, there is only perception. For example, take the viral Yanny versus...
You Can Contract Out Your Maintenance But Not Your H&S Responsibility
Another fall from height court case and fine underlines the duty of care you owe to a contractor coming on site.