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.
Health and safety professionals need to tackle “unacceptably high” numbers of work-related deaths, the new president of IOSH has said.
The deafening noise of wailing sirens puts emergency services’ workers at the highest risk of hearing loss, research has suggested,...
A campaign has been launched to encourage people working in noisy night-time environments to get checked regularly for hearing loss.
A coalition of trade unions have called on major political parties to remove asbestos from public buildings within 40 years.
There are significant variations in maternity pay across fire and rescue services in the UK.
Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after a worker trapped in a walk-in freezer in London for two and a half hours.
Mitigating health and safety risks within food and drink manufacturing can be as much down to shifting mindsets as adjusting procedures.
Unions have warned workers' health is at risk, as government buildings experience sewage leaks, legionella and insect infestations.
A union has welcomed the Health and Safety Executive's decision to investigate a 'dangerous' firefighters' breathing apparatus policy.
Nine UK health and safety organisations have come together to form the Occupational Safety and Health Stakeholder Alliance.
The chief inspector of railways has called for better toilet facilities to be provided for railway workers, especially train drivers,...
UK's second largest police force postpones beard ban for the second time after feedback from officer representatives.
There has been a 10% rise in work-related deaths in the past year, according to latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
With much of England experiencing sweltering temperatures in the past few days, and more set to come later this week,...
