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Mental Health in the Workplace: Why Supporting Employee Wellbeing Matters
Mental health has become one of the most important workplace issues of our time. While many organisations focus heavily on physical safety, psychological wellbeing deserves equal attention. The reality is that mental…
Work at Height Safety in Construction: Lessons from a £90,000 HSE Prosecution
Work at height safety in construction remains one of the industry’s most important challenges. A recent HSE prosecution highlights the devastating consequences of failing to control work at height risks and manage…
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): HSE Guidance UK
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a vital role in workplace safety. However, employers should only rely on PPE as a last line of defence. Instead, they must first eliminate or control risks wherever possible.…
£165k Fire Safety fine
Construction site fire safety during refurbishment is often overlooked. That mistake can put workers, residents and the public at serious risk. Fire risk increases during refurbishment works. Walls open up. Escape…
New HSE Guidance Signals Major Shift in Stone Fabrication Safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has introduced significant new measures aimed at reducing the risks associated with working with engineered stone. This follows growing concern around cases of silicosis affecting…
Noise Exposure at Work: Getting Hearing Protection Right
Noise exposure at work is one of the most common and preventable causes of long‑term ill health in UK workplaces. When workers are exposed to excessive noise without effective controls, the result can be permanent…
Strengthening Health & Safety Through Sustainable Regulation
Sustainable regulation plays a vital role in how health and safety enforcement operates across Great Britain. It ensures that regulatory activity remains effective, proportionate and resilient over time, even as…
Manual Handling in Construction: Preventing Injuries on Site
Manual handling takes place on almost every construction site. Workers lift materials, move equipment and reposition components throughout the working day. However, manual handling also remains one of the leading causes…
Dust in the Workplace: Managing Risks and Protecting Health
Dust is a common by-product of many work activities, yet it remains one of the most underestimated workplace health hazards. Across construction, manufacturing, agriculture and many other sectors, airborne dust can pose…
Asthma Case Linked to Soldering Fumes in Gloucester
A former employee of a major international manufacturer in Gloucester developed occupational asthma after prolonged exposure to rosin-based solder fumes. The individual worked as a solderer from 1995 to 2004. By 1999,…
Work at Height Safety: £133K Fine After Conveyor Fall
A recent court case has spotlighted the urgent need for work at height safety in industrial settings. Knowles Logistics Limited, a Cambridgeshire transport company, received a £133,000 fine after one of its employees…
MSD Risk Reduction Awards Recognise Safety Innovation
The MSD Risk Reduction Awards have recognised two UK companies for their outstanding contributions to workplace safety through ergonomic design. These awards, presented at the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human…
£100,000 Fine for Chemical Manufacturer Over Vibration Risk Failures
A recent court ruling has once again spotlighted the dangers of prolonged exposure to vibrating tools in the workplace; this time costing a West Midlands chemical manufacturer £100,000 in fines. The Case at a Glance…
Man spared immediate spell behind bars over unsafe gas work
A man from Blackpool has been spared an immediate spell behind bars after his unsafe gas work put people’s lives at risk. Mehmet Kalyoncu, who pleaded guilty on the first day of a proposed trial, was given a 12-month…
Company and director sentenced for putting workers at risk
A roofing firm has been fined while its director has been handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk during a roof renovation in Surrey. Weather Master Roofing Limited and company…
World mental health day 2024
World mental health day: employers risk losing valued employees if stress is not managed Bosses across the whole of Great Britain have been warned that they risk losing valued team members if they fail to manage their…
HSE annual statistics for 2023/24
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today (Wednesday 20 November) published its annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries. The statistics reveal that the number of workers reported to be…
Stress Awareness Week: Employers have to fulfil legal duty
Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is calling on all employers during Stress Awareness Week 2024 to carry out their legal duty to prevent work-related stress and…
Company fined after ‘loving’ grandad dies from fall
A grandfather died after falling through a hole in his own bathroom that had been left by workers. Kenneth Armitage landed on the kitchen floor below, in an incident his daughter Suzy said “should never have happened.”…
World Mental Health Day
Bosses across the whole of Great Britain have been warned that they risk losing valued team members if they fail to manage their workers’ stress levels in the workplace. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is…
Company fined after worker died in excavation
A company has been fined after a man died while working inside an excavation at a construction site in Glasgow. Derek Caddie lost his life when part of the excavation wall collapsed on 25 November 2019. This led to the…
Unsafe Working at Height – Builder avoids prison sentence
A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London. David Beadle, trading as Beadle the Builders, failed to comply with a prohibition notice…
Companies fined after 16-year-old worker exposed to asbestos
Two companies have been fined after a teenage worker was exposed to asbestos. The 16-year-old had been working for P Turnbull Joinery and Building Services Ltd on an outbuilding of a domestic property after the firm had…
Company director given suspended sentence after worker crushed to death
A company director has been given a suspended prison sentence after an employee lost his life at a site in St Helens. Roger Gibbons, the director of RM Gibbons Ltd, was given a 16-week custodial sentence, which was…
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