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Protecting workers’ hearing: it’s time to change our approach

By Peter Wilson, Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre (INVC) on 15 March 2023

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Morrisons fined £3.5m after worker falls to death on stairs

By Belinda Liversedge on 21 March 2023

Managing office noise post-pandemic

By Guy Osmond, Osmond Ergonomics on 01 March 2023

Data project opens up new ways to prevent accidents

By Belinda Liversedge on 22 March 2023

HSE is exploring how AI and data can help employers understand more about how accidents happen and how to prevent them through thousands of stories and reports it stores.

Spring Budget: funding to tackle leading health causes keeping people out of work

By Belinda Liversedge on 16 March 2023

A third of NHS workers feel burnt out, staff survey shows

By Belinda Liversedge on 10 March 2023

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Police renew pledge to find answers on Didcot seven-year anniversary

By Belinda Liversedge on 23 February 2023

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Dream turns reality for companies trialling 4-day week

By Belinda Liversedge on 21 February 2023

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TUC launches project to preserve legacy of black activists

By Belinda Liversedge on 14 February 2023

Protecting workers’ hearing: it’s time to change our approach

By Peter Wilson, Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre (INVC) on 15 March 2023

The risk of workers suffering hearing damage from harmful levels of noise at work could be slashed by as much as 90 per cent by adopting the latest noise control best practice techniques.

'If you empower women into top roles in health and safety, you transform the future of work'

By Safety Management on 07 March 2023

Time to quit – top tips for an effective stop smoking programme at work

By John Dicey, Allen Carr’s Easyway on 07 March 2023

Interview: Dr Julie Riggs, British Safety Council's senior head of education

By Belinda Liversedge on 06 March 2023

Morrisons fined £3.5m after worker falls to death on stairs

By Belinda Liversedge on 21 March 2023

Morrisons supermarket missed opportunities to ensure the safety of an employee who died at work after suffering an epileptic fit, a court heard.

BA subsidiary fined after worker suffers brain injury in fall

By Belinda Livrsedge on 12 January 2023

Carlsberg fined £3m after worker dies in gas leak at brewery

By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2022

£1.5m fine after worker falls through unsecured crane panel

By Belinda Liversedge on 11 March 2022

Common safety pitfalls in manufacturing – what can we learn from recent prosecutions?

By Hannah Frost, Pinsent Masons on 16 March 2023

Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that the manufacturing sector directly employs approximately 2.5 million people and accounts for 16 per cent of reported injuries to employees in the UK.