Could ‘making time for Health & Safety’ be the antithesis of being safer?
Christina Fry, Chemical Engineer and UK/Ireland Environment Health & Safety Manager for Air Products, explores how a shift in approach could hold the key to safer and more productive working environments. It’s not uncommon, even now, to hear people talk about making time for health and safety. What, you might…
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A third of employees are not provided with hearing protection
Research conducted by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has revealed that only 42% of employers in the UK provide overhead earmuffs to its employees. Businesses of all sizes across the UK took part in a survey to find out what type of hearing protection is provided for them. It looked at the types of hearing protection offered…
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High-rise construction site workers “risking their lives” by ignoring evacuation alarms
High-rise construction site workers aren’t treating evacuation alarms seriously enough and are “risking their lives” by not responding immediately, new research reveals today (Wednesday 4 September). Rather than head straight for the emergency exit, a third of workers who took part in evacuation trials spent more than a minute finishing…
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HSE warns Total after workers exposed to dangerous gas
The UK’s health and safety watchdog has warned Total after workers on one of its North Sea platforms were exposed to a dangerous gas. The incident took place in the shale shaker area of the Alwyn North platform in June, according to an inspector from the Health and Safety Executive…
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Events co fined £161k over unsafe lifting operation injury
A Coventry-based company that manufacturers stands for exhibitions has been fined £161,000 after an employee was knocked unconscious and sustained a broken collar bone during the unsafe lift and move of a park home chassis. Coventry Magistrates’ Court was told how employees at Sovereign Exhibitions and Events were moving the…
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HSE warning after vessel collides with North Sea platform
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice over after a support vessel collided with an offshore platform in the North Sea. The incident happened on June 6 at the Brae Alpha installation, when the Grampian Explorer ran into the platform causing damage to the ship and…
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Concrete company fined after welder loses four fingers
A concrete production company has been fined £400,000 after a welder lost four fingers during an unsafe lifting operation. On 27 September 2016, a welder from Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd, suffered injuries to his hand at the company’s Kings Cross site. The injury was inflicted when a forklift that…
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Worker’s head and upper body horrifically crushed in poorly guarded machine
A Northampton-based engineering firm has been fined after an operator was crushed while making moulds for a casting machine. The RSM Castings employee, who has asked to remain anonymous, sustained extensive injuries on 11 April 2018, including a broken neck, back fractures, broken ribs, a fractured shoulder blade, a ruptured…
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UK government criticised over slow pace of remedial works after Grenfell
The UK government is “not doing enough” to remove and replace potentially dangerous cladding on high-rise residential buildings, MPs have warned. In a report published yesterday, the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee also accused the government of being “far too slow” to reform the building and fire safety regime, more…
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Conference to focus on health and safety issues affecting food and drink manufacturing
Combatting modern slavery, the use of new technology and preventing health problems will be among key topics at a leading food and drink industry event. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Health and Safety Conference will also hear real-life stories as speakers share the challenges they have faced in ensuring employees…
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