You are here

H&S News

The latest health & safety news, innovations, products and more.
A LESSON TO LEARN

A LESSON TO LEARN

The government needs to take action to protect education staff and pupils from asbestos-related illnesses. says Abigail Morrison, Senior Associate Solicitor, JMW Solicitors . ...
3M Safety Training Facility Approved for GWO Advanced Rescue Training

3M Safety Training Facility Approved for GWO Advanced Rescue Training

The science-based technology company 3M has received GWO (Global Wind Organisation) approval for two new, advanced rescue courses at its training facility in Oldham. The highly practical courses...
Company Prosecuted After Employee Injured Using Ripsaw

Company Prosecuted After Employee Injured Using Ripsaw

A building and maintenance company was fined after an employee was injured while operating a ripsaw. Liverpool Crown Court heard that on 2 June 2017, the worker was cutting timber to construct a...
Major award for IOSH Chief Executive

Major award for IOSH Chief Executive

IOSH Chief Executive Bev Messinger has been named ‘Rising CEO Star’ at the Charity Times Awards 2019. Messinger won the award after overseeing the transformation of IOSH to enable it...
New global safety observatory launches in London

New global safety observatory launches

Global safety charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation has today launched its six-year strategy to tackle the world’s biggest safety challenges, and announced a new Evidence and Insight...
Company fined £1.8m after explosion leaves two dead

Company fined £1.8m after explosion leaves two dead

Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Ltd has been fined after an explosion killed two workers and seriously injured another at the Celsa Steelworks site in Cardiff. A Health and Safety Executive...
Company Prosecuted After Worker’s Leg Crushed by Machinery

Company Prosecuted After Worker’s Leg Crushed by Machinery

A packaging manufacturing company was sentenced after a worker was injured by an automated transfer vehicle. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 September 2017, the employee of Saica...
Chemical Company Fined After Employee Falls from Height

Chemical Company Fined After Employee Falls from Height

Vertellus Specialties UK Limited has been fined after an employee fell 2m from a ladder and suffered a serious elbow injury. Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard that on 6 June 2018, at the...
Port operator sentenced after worker seriously injured during loading operation

Port operator sentenced after worker seriously injured during loading operation

A Liverpool port operating company has been sentenced after a worker was struck by a load falling from two fork lift trucks (FLTs) at the Port of Liverpool in Seaforth. Liverpool Magistrates’...
ALLEGION UK TAKES STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR FIRE SAFETY

ALLEGION UK TAKES STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR FIRE SAFETY

Allegion UK, a specialist in fire safety and security products and solutions, has taken an impressive 533,321 steps towards raising £500 in aid of Fire Door Safety Week (FDSW), taking place...

Read Tomorrow's Health & Safety latest issue

Tomorrow's Health & Safety Awards 2025

Tomorrow's Health & Safety Yearbook