Working alone can increase the risk to the health and safety of any employee due to a lack of supervision and longer response times to potential emergencies. In an industry like transportation, where workers already have a high risk profile, lone working can exacerbate existing risks and introduce new ones. What are the risk for […]
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, employers must manage the risk to lone workers. One of the key risks that affect lone workers is violence – defined by the HSE as ‘any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work’. Keep reading to […]
6.1M UK managers lack mental health training New research reveals 6.1m UK workers with line management responsibility are not prepared for conversations about mental health with those they have a duty of care for. The analysis, completed by health and safety training provider RRC International, found that one in four employees have management accountability, but 71% […]
“At one point I was genuinely terrified I was going to bleed out and die” A flower supplier has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated following a serious incident at its processing facility in Huntingdon. Andy Hazelden was working for MM Flowers Limited, at its site in Alconbury Weald, on 4 February 2023 […]
Construction tops burnout despite wellbeing lead New research from Westfield Health finds that above-average wellbeing provision in construction is failing to prevent burnout, with a quarter of the sector’s workforce affected, more than any other industry. The study found that provision of core benefits in construction outperforms the UK average. Private healthcare (16% vs. 13%), […]
Research finds manufacturing workers skipping eye tests New analysis by Specsavers has revealed an estimated 830,000 employees in the manufacturing sector may not have received an eye test in the past two years, putting their eye safety at risk. Specsavers is warning that many manufacturing and trades employees are carrying out safety-critical tasks without regular eye […]
Demolition of fire-ravaged building at Glasgow Central begins A huge blaze that engulfed a B-listed Victorian building in the centre of Glasgow on Sunday evening has left Scotland’s busiest railway station shut down for days and destroyed dozens of businesses. The fire started in a vape shop on Union Street at about 15:45 on Sunday, […]
Fine after employee killed operating ride-on lawnmower An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that MHS Countryside Management Limited had failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient site-specific risk assessment for the work being undertaken. The investigation also established that the mower’s roll-over protection system (ROPS) had been removed at some […]
Veterans warn of cold injury risk Conditions that damaged thousands in the armed forces are still present across UK construction, logistics, and outdoor industries. The injuries started in the military. Now they’re showing up on worksites. As Britain endures another wet, cold season, veteran specialists are warning civilian employers: cold exposure doesn’t need to freeze […]
Two firms fined after racking collapse killed two workers Two companies have been fined following an incident which resulted in the deaths of two workers in West Yorkshire. Lee Horton, 58, and Daron Pickstock, 43, were killed when an industrial racking system collapsed as it was being tested at Castefields Industrial Estate in Bingley on […]