Recent research undertaken by the HSE and the Health and Safety Laboratory (an independent agency of the HSE offering health and safety research) conclusively proves the efficacy of the HSE’s Manual Handling Assessment Tool (MAC tool).

During the last few months of 2014, there were intermittent strikes by firefighters in England protesting government-mandated changes to pensions and the increase of the retirement age from 55 to 60.

Laundry fined after teen worker was trapped in machine A laundry company in the West Midlands was prosecuted for serious safety breaches and fined £7,500 after a 19-year-old worker was trapped in machinery and suffered severe injuries.

In late 2014, the government introduced a new Fit for Work (FFW) service (previously known as the Health and Work Service) to provide an occupational health assessment as well as workplace advice to employers, employees and GPs.

Northern Ireland work-related deaths drop by almost 50 per cent The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) published its annual report in September, which confirmed a dramatic reduction in work-related deaths.