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British Safety Council and RoSPA suspend Vedanta safety awards

17 May 2012

A subsidiary of multinational mining group Vedanta Resources has had two British safety awards suspended after campaigners drew attention to safety problems at its operations in Orissa, India.

UK non-power nuclear sites pass safety stress tests

16 May 2012

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“Stress tests” at the UK’s non-power generating nuclear facilities have revealed no serious safety weaknesses, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has announced.

Marketer pays £118,000 for failing to control platen risk

16 May 2012

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The death of worker who was trapped against a printing press by a moving platen has cost a retail marketing company more than £118,000 in penalties.

Manufacturing sickness rate plateaus

15 May 2012

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The coalition government needs to reinvigorate its efforts to tackle sickness absence, says the manufacturers’ organisation EEF after new research shows the recent downward trend in absence rates has flattened.

Tipper overturn death brings builders £170k penalties

14 May 2012

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Two building contractors have been ordered to pay £170,000 in penalties after a tipper lorry overturned onto a mini digger, killing the digger’s driver on his first day at work…

Articles

Only connection: social media for professionals

4 May 2012

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Social networks such as Twitter have professional uses too. Bridget Leathley suggests safety professionals can get the best out of them and offers advice on networking etiquette.

A little less compensation

4 May 2012

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Pat Perry looks at what the government and insurers are doing to try to reduce the cost to business of vexatious personal injury claims.

Case study: DFDS Seaways - safer harbour

4 May 2012

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We visit a Lincolnshire freight terminal to find out how it overhauled policies to cut accident rates dramatically.

A matter of substance

3 May 2012

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There's free help available for employers who experience difficulties with workers' behaviour because of alcohol or drugs use, writes John Griffiths.

NEBOSH revision article: return to the source

3 May 2012

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In his NEBOSH Diploma series Lawrence Bamber goes back to the legislative fount and reminds candidates of the organisations' duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

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Expo preview

safety and health exhibition 2012 We preview the country's largest trade fair where more than 300 companies will be on show.
Safety & Health Expo 2012

Olympics series

london olympics 2012 series We followed the olympic park building project in the four-year run-up to the games.
See our 2012 series

Behavioural safety webinar

Lawrence Waterman will talk about the measures to promote healthy and safe worker behaviour that helped achieve the first fatality-free Olympic build.