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.
Many chefs still see pain as 'a medal of honour', a study has suggested, including deliberate burnings, physical abuse and bullying.
A health and safety lawyer has developed the ROPE acronym, bringing the topic to life with comparisons to mountaineering.
Trade unions are set to work with a leading cancer expert to study the exposure of women in their late-40s...
Staff at a maternity unit at Basildon Hospital in Essex were exposed to almost 30 times the legal workplace exposure...
A stone mason who contracted silicosis after allegedly being exposed to dust while working on Elgin Cathedral in Scotland has accepted a £3.5m compensation settlement.
Plans to scrap swathes of European Union-derived health and safety regulations risk increasing accidents and work-related ill health, it has been warned.
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A Welsh health board has been fined after it ignored pleas from its occupational health department to risk-assess employees for hand-arm vibration syndrome.
More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...
Workers unloading or moving freight from shipping containers at British ports can be exposed to hazardous substances, says HSE.
A campaign to raise awareness of the ‘fatal four’ dangers of work-related driving has been launched by the Scottish Occupational...
ON-DEMAND | Webinar examining what organisations are doing to help their staff's personal safety.
Employees working in the night-time economy face high levels of violence, aggression and sexual behaviours while commuting or at work,...
Researchers have developed a tool to help doctors better identify patients at high risk of serious falls.
While most likely...
