News and Prosecutions
Steelmaker Corus UK in court again
3 March 2010
Steel giant Corus UK has been successfully prosecuted for safety offences
Building firm failed to control airborne silica
9 February 2010
Two stonemasons have been left with potentially life-shortening lung diseases after their employer exposed them to uncontrolled levels of respirable crystalline silica over 14 years.
Train drivers can pursue repetitive strain claims December 2009
14 December 2009
Three train drivers who contracted carpal tunnel syndrome will share over £20,000 in damages following a groundbreaking court judgement.
Employee hit by load falling from FLT
1 September 2009
An IT equipment disposal firm has been fined after an employee was hit by a one-tonne shredder
Teen's hand fried at doughnut stand
21 August 2009
A teenage worker was left with severe burns and blisters after her hand dipped into a fryer at a Dinky Donuts stand, Teeside Magistrates' Court has heard.
Articles
Home cooking: designing a health and safety system
9 February 2010
Duncan Spencer argues practitioners should be more confident in serving up safety systems tailored to their organisations.
A good man in a storm
8 July 2009
Louis Wustemann learns about managing crises from the man who led the local responses to the Buncefield explosion, and the Hatfield and Potters Bar rail crashes.
Only human
1 May 2009
Early in the morning of 22 May 2006, a senior lifeguard at a Total Fitness gym in the Wirral mistakenly added chlorine granules to an acid tank rather than the…
The greatest shows on earth
1 May 2009
This season, his risk assessments ranged from tumblers and contortionists to the high wire and sword throwing. But while most health and safety professionals would blanch at the prospect, for…
Risk perception: a reality check
9 March 2009
Imagine you're going on holiday with children somewhere hot and exotic, where the kids will spend half their time in the sea. Apart from drowning, would you be most concerned…
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