Safety training has often been delivered on a time-based cycle, such as annual courses and refreshers, but with new hazards and risks emerging at an ever-growing rate, it is essential that employers continuously monitor for changing risks, provide updated training, and check the new knowledge taught is actually making work safer.
By Dr Julie Riggs, British Safety Council on 07 September 2026
We tell workers we want them to speak up when things go wrong, but the words, numbers and models we use in safety management can quietly tell them to stay silent. Choosing our language and symbols with care can rebuild the trust that makes honest conversations about safety possible.
By Grant Tickle, British Safety Council on 07 September 2026
Migraine can have a profound, and often avoidable, impact on people’s working lives and careers. The Government’s growing focus on workplace health offers an important opportunity to change this, but only if this common, often disabling and frequently invisible neurological condition is properly understood and addressed by Government, the NHS and employers.
By Rob Music, The Migraine Trust on 07 September 2026
British Safety Council has called on the UK Government to ban the import and export of high silica-containing products within the next five years to protect workers from the risks associated with high-concentration silica-containing materials.
By British Safety Council on 20 August 2026
By Thomas Tevlin on 13 August 2026
By British Safety Council on 30 July 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 July 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 July 2026
Over the years, the tower industry has made huge strides in improving safety. The introduction of design standards for equipment, structured training and clearer guidance have helped make towers a safe and widely used way to work at height. Yet some misconceptions still persist. They may seem harmless, but they can lead to poor decisions and unsafe practices if left unchallenged. Here, PASMA examines five common tower myths and explains the reality behind them.
By Don Aers, PASMA on 21 September 2026
By Dr Keith Whitehead C. Env, British Safety Council on 21 September 2026
By Sian Mudge, British Safety Council on 21 September 2026
By Dr Julie Riggs, British Safety Council on 21 September 2026
A clinical waste disposal company has been fined £300,000 after a court heard how surgeons had to spend six hours re-attaching a man’s arm after it was severed below the elbow in an unsafe machine.
By Thomas Tevlin on 02 September 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 July 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 18 June 2026
By Belinda Liversedge on 11 June 2026
Success can sometimes be a problem. The better we become at preventing incidents, the harder it can be to see what is actually preventing them.
By Mike Robinson, chief executive, British Safety Council on 11 September 2026
By Rob Music, The Migraine Trust on 07 September 2026
By Emma Tattersdill, Bexley Beaumont law firm on 17 August 2026
By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council CEO on 07 August 2026
