News and Prosecutions
Minister resists extending RIDDOR to work-related road injuries
8 March 2010
Road safety minister Paul Clark has confirmed that there are no immediate plans to bring work-related deaths and injuries under the HSE’s injury and incident reporting system RIDDOR.
Construction deaths show winter spike
8 February 2010
There was an abrupt rise in construction deaths in the late months of last year, according to figures revealed at January’s HSE board meeting.
Offshore injury rates fall to lowest recorded levels December 2009
18 December 2009
For the second year running, no workers died last year while working in the HSE-regulated offshore oil and gas industry.
Food firm took eight months to report injury
16 December 2009
The HSE has criticised a food firm's management for its poor leadership after a worker was crushed between 1000kg bags of rice and beans when a mezzanine floor fell down.
Directors failed to learn from unreported blast
26 October 2009
A novice welder died when an oil drum he was working on exploded at a family-run engineering firm, Exeter Crown Court has heard. HSE inspectors found the company had failed…
Articles
Accident reporting software: for the record
9 February 2010
Take time to consider what you need from your reporting software and beware of any product that claims to offer everything, warns Bridget Leathley.
SMEs: a matter of record
12 October 2009
In his latest article on health and safety fundamentals for smaller businesses,
Paul Reeve focuses on accident reporting and investigation.
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.
Use our checklists to stay on the right side of the law
6 March 2009
How thorough are your accident investigations? Do you know what assessments should be carried out for homeworkers? We have created a selection of useful PDFs containing valuable information to ensure…
Engaging directors: the numbers game
10 November 2008
In the first of two articles on briefing senior executives on safety management Duncan Spencer suggests an alternative to RIDDOR stats.
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