As we strive to move from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy, one area of crucial importance will be wind power – both onshore and offshore. However, there are some important health and safety factors and risks that must be taken into account and carefully managed by those constructing, operating and maintaining offshore wind turbines and farms.
By Bruce Craig, Pinsent Masons on 10 June 2022
The government must force road freight operators to improve welfare conditions for drivers or more of them will leave the sector, a committee has warned.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 June 2022
The Safety & Health Expo returned to London’s ExCeL centre last month after three years’ absence, and huge changes in the profession and health and safety landscape in that interim.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 May 2022
The government’s Building Safety Bill has become law, after receiving Royal Assent on 28 April.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 May 2022
The Robens report, which established the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA), is 50 this year. Safety Management celebrates Robens’s achievements and considers if the Act needs refreshing in the face of huge social changes.
By Belinda Liversedge on 10 May 2022
The Building Safety Bill in its current form is an altogether better solution for leaseholders than we could have hoped for during the passage of the Fire Safety Act 2021.
By Royston Smith MP, Southampton Itchen on 12 April 2022
Poor indoor air quality in workplaces and homes is a major risk to our health, making it essential we improve our scientific knowledge of the dangers of air pollutants like chemicals.
By Dr Julie Riggs, British Safety Council on 03 April 2022
National Highways has launched a new campaign urging drivers to keep a minimum two second gap, or risk putting themselves and others in danger.
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 March 2022
Poor conditions are forcing HGV drivers off the road. What do they want to see change?
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 March 2022
HSE is to carry out a review of the risk of certain substances in tattoo inks and explore the case for introducing restrictions following a new EU ban.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 January 2022
