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A two week long national inspection by the Health and Safety Executive resulted in enforcement action at one in six of the construction sites visited. While final figures are yet …

Councils across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire have paid out in excess of £1.1million in compensation and legal fees for injuries at schools, according to a BBC Freedom of Information …

A developer has been sent to prison for 30 months and ordered to pay costs of £5,000 after repeatedly breaching prohibition notices designed to ensure the safety of workers redeveloping …

The US Chemical Safety Board has published a video depicting details of its continuing investigation into a chemical storage tank leak that contaminated the drinking water of up to 300,000 …

As Ireland marked its first National Farm Safety Awareness Day its Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, welcomed the initiative to encourage farmers to “farm safely”. The campaign, led by the …

Employees who injure themselves by “doing something dumb” could be stripped of the right to claim damages if their bosses have taken “sensible” precautions, according to the Justice Secretary. Chris …

External floating roofs are fitted atop of large above ground hydrocarbons storage tanks which typically stand in excess of 20m diameter. With the grace of oil on water, they float …

Your company works hard to maintain and enhance health and safety standards across the board. Training is an important part of this equation. Health and safety is, of course, a …

Back in 1969 a British Pathe News report told of elephants panicking and stampeding in Windsor Safari Park. Startled by noisy jumbo jets from nearby Heathrow Airport, they were running …

A public consultation has been launched into proposals which would see certain self-employed people exempt from health and safety laws. The Health and Safety Executive is seeking views from the …