A worker who repaired potholes was diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), an occupational disease, following repeated exposure to vibration tools. His employer, Rotherham Metropolitan ...

A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham ...

MAPA PROFESSIONAL, a major player in hand protection, announces the launch of SAFE CHEM, a free tool designed to help professionals choose the right gloves for their specific chemical protection needs ...

Can behavioural safety directly reduce accidents at work? Dom Cooper looks at common assumptions and approaches to behaviour-based change. Without doubt, some of the criticisms have been justified by ...

An engineering company has been fined after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands. Liam MacDonald, from Tain, Ross-shire, lost his life on the morning of 5 ...

Britain’s workplace safety regulator has published a guide of do’s and don’ts for people installing stone worktops. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) guidance is designed to highlight the need ...

A company that produces stone products and its director have been fined a total of just under £20,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).