HSE Launches COSHH Guidance
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) is a law that requires employers to regulate and monitor potentially hazardous substances.
Alton Towers Crash Highlights Importance of Risk Management
As has been well documented in press, on 2nd June this year, The Smiler – a steel rollercoaster featuring a world-record 14 inversions at Staffordshire’s Alton Towers theme park – was carrying 16 passengers and travelling at 32 km/h when it struck an empty, stationary carriage, injuring 11 riders—four of whom required serious medical attention.
HSE News and Prosecutions
Latest Business Insurance News Lorry driver killed by mound of soya meal A Cobham animal feed company was fined £600,000 and ordered to pay costs of £20,095.
Drink and Drugs a Major Workplace Menace
Roughly one-third of workers admitted to using drugs while at work and nearly every worker admitted to having been drunk or hung-over at work in a recent survey conducted by Protecting.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
To better address workplace health and safety risks and to encourage more beneficial policies, the International Labour Organisation created the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.