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Health & Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Executive is a body set up to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees and to safeguard others, principally the public, who may be exposed to risk from industry.

The HSE’s remit is to ensure that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled.


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    HSE to target building site dust

    by Nic Paton 12 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 12 May 2023

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is poised to launch a health and safety inspections’ blitz next week, targeting how...

    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Occupational Health

    Cutbacks at HSE leading to health and safety ‘perfect storm’, argues union

    by Nic Paton 2 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 2 May 2023

    Due to HSE cutbacks there has been a 200-fold increase in ‘mandatory’ HSE investigations that have then failed to happen, a union has said.

    • Health surveillance
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Firefighters regularly exposed to ‘forever’ chemicals in foam

    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023

    Firefighters are regularly exposed to PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals in firefighting foam, a report from the Health and Safety Executive has argued.

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
    • Respiratory

    HSE campaign warns of ongoing asbestos dangers in construction

    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to remind people working in construction to manage the risks...

    • OH service delivery
    • Health and safety
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Welsh health board fined for HAVS after ignoring its OH team

    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 2 Dec 2022

    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.

    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Work-related Covid infections up a third, HSE analysis suggests

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022

    More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...

    • Disability
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Warning over shipping container risks to health

    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022

    Workers unloading or moving freight from shipping containers at British ports can be exposed to hazardous substances, says HSE.

    • Construction
    • Health and safety
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    HSE to target construction sites in health and safety campaign

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Sep 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Sep 2022

    Construction sites could be inspected by the HSE as part of a campaign to raise awareness of health and safety issues.

    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Dyson fined £1.2m after machine fell on worker

    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2022
    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2022

    Court orders Dyson to pay £1.2 million fine for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act following accident.

    • Latest News
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Extension of UK PPE regulations shines a light on workwear inequality

    by Andrew Sanderson and Louise Paull 22 Jul 2022
    by Andrew Sanderson and Louise Paull 22 Jul 2022

    Since April 2022 employers have had to ensure there is no difference in the way personal protective equipment is provided to employees and limb (b) workers.

    • Research
    • Vaccinations
    • Coronavirus

    Covid prevalence research highlights ‘choice’ in health outcomes

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2022

    Sage research into Covid prevalence highlighted how important ‘choice’ over an individual’s work situation is for health outcomes, one of the government's top health experts has said.

    • Latest News
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Employers’ PPE responsibilities extended to ‘workers’ from April

    by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2022

    From April, employers will be obliged to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to workers, as well as employees, who may...

    • Coronavirus
    • Health and safety
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    HSE emphasises importance of Covid ventilation

    by Nic Paton 15 Sep 2021
    by Nic Paton 15 Sep 2021

    The Health and Safety Executive has published updated guidance emphasising the importance of good ventilation.

    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive
    • OHW+

    Fatal injuries at work increased during pandemic

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Jul 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Jul 2021

    The number of workplace fatalities in Great Britain increased last year, according to the HSE.

    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Occupational Health

    Health and safety fines 142% higher than cost of compliance

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 May 2021

    Small businesses that breach health and safety regulations could face fines worth 142% higher than the yearly cost of compliance measures.

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