The health and safety executive (HSE)UK was on November 2022, released its annual health and safety statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries. Health and safety executives (HSE) are the workplace regulator in Britain with the responsibility of supervising, monitoring and inspecting workplaces to ensure a safe work environment. […]
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On 28 July 2020, During the work activities, 20-year-old Shannon Brasier was working with a colleague to load a fuel hose into the rear compartment of a 21-tonne excavator, While at that, the excavator moved around and crushed her between the excavator and the Mobile fuel tank.
Employees at Powy teaching health board routinely operate hand-held power tools without assessing the risks from vibration exposure.
A scrap metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained machinery.
On 30 November 2018, a worker working under Hertfordshire construction company, MH Costa construction limited, alongside others, was working on an extension flat roof of a 6-storey building.
Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after workers' asbestos exposure. The health and safety executive (HSE) found that the company did not do an asbestos survey, and the workers did not receive any training concerning asbestos.
On December 2019, a worker working with G Nicholson (Engineers) Limited was replacing guttering at the top of the canopy's petrol station in blue house lane, Washington, Tyne and wear.
A company was fined £800,000 after a worker suffers injuries at a chocolate factory on Rowan Drive, Fawdon, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Halloween celebration nights come with their own safety risk. And that's why it's expedient to arm yourself with the necessary information to prevent the danger from causing harm to you or anyone related to you. Read more on the Halloween safety tips article to stay on top of the situation and enjoy a Halloween celebration free of harm or injury.
An employer, Bernard Mathews foods LTD has been fined £400000 following two separate incidents involving two employees leading to injuries. On 28 January 2020, An employee, Mr Colin Frewin, was assigned to clean a large screw conveyor used to move poultry turkeys along to chill them. While at the job, […]
If you have seen any of the ISO management system standards, you will know that the management system has a high-level structure called Annex L. The structure allows for easy integration of different ISO management systems standards whenever you want to run an integrated management system. The high-level structure has […]
It is rewarding for a business to have a successful environmental health and safety arrangement that will improve the performance of hse management system. Measuring the performance of any system should also be in place to ascertain its effectiveness and delivery and areas that need improvement. One of those ways to measure your health and safety performance is by using a metric called TRIR. Read more on the blog
Becoming a Canadian registered safety professional will expose you to know safety information to manage hazards and control hazardous exposures to individuals, equipment and the environment. With your Crsp membership, getting a safety job in Canada will be easy for you as most employers are keen on it as a requirement for getting you employed.
Mr Christopher Wright, a 59-year-old engineer, worked under Playford packaging at their factory on 10 February 2021. The factory location is at Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wrexham. How did the hand amputation accident happen? The operator of a Large case-making machine had previously noticed that one of the conveyor belts […]
When your company decides to get a certification in any ISO management systems, for example, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001, Your company will acquire the services of a certification body to carry out the activity for them. Before the company obtains an ISO management system certification, a certification […]
ISO project committee developed ISO 45001 and published it on March 12, 2018. Since then, many organisations have been certified by it. OHSAS 18001 has been since 1999. And it is an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). They’re a lot of differences between iso 45001 and Ohsas 18001. […]