The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 requires employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of its employees.
This duty extends to health and safety matters such as the maintenance of plant; systems of work; the arrangements for the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; information and training; and access routes.
TUC warns that the next government must bring in maximum working temperature as forecasters predict parts of the UK could hit 30C.
New guidance on safe working to prevent silicosis in kitchen worktop manufacture has been published by BOHS.
The majority of health and safety professionals want the next government to prioritise improving occupational health services to cut the...
Rail accident investigator's reports finds disparity between London Undergound rule book and the training received by staff.
Hundreds of trade union reps are making building safety inspections this week looking for issues including RAAC, asbestos and fire hazards.
Waiting times for processing benefits and government compensation claims for mesothelioma patients have doubled within a year.
An art lecturer has succeeded in his constructive dismissal claim following a series of complaints about flooding and PPE provision.
This case study explores the response to a workplace accident in the construction sector, including actions to improve safety procedures.
What should employers and occupational health professionals do in the case of an accident at work?
London Underground employees working in areas exposed to higher levels of fine dust also tend to report more episodes of...
A health and safety charity has called for immediate action to help prevent more silicosis cases in the UK.
A third of UK workers (31%) have slipped, tripped, or fallen in the workplace and seriously injured themselves, research has...
A group of health workers with long Covid who believe they caught the virus at work are taking their claim...
Non-fatal injury data shows workers in jobs deemed safer are more likely to hurt themselves than traditionally more dangerous careers,
AkzoNobel has agreed a six-figure settlement with a former worker who claimed he was exposed to asbestos in the 1960s.
