Polski Dzial Protecting Construction Workers from Occupational Disease
New guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks has been launched by the construction industry. Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued more than 200 health related enforcement notices during its recent construction inspection initiative, and the HSE is urging the industry to put an end to the hundreds of construction […]
Manufacturer in Court over Worker’s Arm Injury
A manufacturing firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his arm was caught between a conveyor belt and roller in a Glasgow factory. Gordon Blackwood suffered a compound fracture to his wrist and tendon damage to two fingers in the incident in Springburn in August 2012. He had […]
Quarry Operator Sentenced Following Worker’s Death
An Arbroath quarry operator has been fined for serious safety failings after a dumper truck driver died when his vehicle reversed over a stop block to the quarry floor below. Forfar Sheriff Court heard that Joseph Troup had loaded material from the extraction face onto his 35-tonne articulated dump truck and transported it to an […]
Courts to Recognise Good Intentions
The UK Government’s Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism (SARAH) Bill has recently received Royal Assent and has now become law. The legislation, which only applies in England and Wales, gives legal reassurance to volunteers, community groups and ‘good deed doers’ that courts will take account of the fact they have been acting to help society […]
Tackling Occupational Health Problems
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has announced that it will be using its latest Occupational Safety and Health Congress to look at how best to reduce the incidence of work-related ill health. RoSPA highlights that ill health is responsible for more than 99% of work-related deaths, 84% of sickness absence and […]
Male drivers urged to wake up to dangers of tired driving
Male drivers are being urged to get plenty of sleep and take regular breaks, as research from Brake and Direct Line reveals a horrifying 45% admit ‘head-nodding’ at the wheel – meaning they have been asleep briefly, risking appalling crashes. Brake and Direct Line’s survey reveals: Tired driving kills at least 300 people on UK […]