Simply put, to reduce our environmental impact, culture change is needed. Mark Ormond, Managing Director at Tribe Culture Change, discusses the parallels between safety and environmental culture change and how Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Professionals should take workplace responsibility for this issue… Environmental transformation More and more, companies are understanding the …
Employers must make sure indoor workplaces remain at a reasonable temperature and manage the risk of working outdoors in hot environments, according to the Health and Safety Executive. The workplace regulator is sharing guidance ahead of the extreme warm weather predicted for Great Britain during the early part of this …
Are there too many platitudes in health and safety? Does the profession need more critical thinkers? These were just some of the questions posed at a live podcasting recording, held recently at Safety and Health Expo. The host of the Rebranding Safety Podcast, James MacPherson, was joined onstage by the …
Almost four kilometres of glazed platform edge screening has been installed across central London’s Elizabeth line stations, keeping passengers safe with the final segment of the landmark rail project now open. St Helens headquartered glass manufacturer Pilkington UK supplied 5,000 glass panels to Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK, which manufactured and …
Builders’ merchant Jewson has been fined £400,000 by Folkestone Magistrates’ Court following an incident in which a tonne of iron mesh sheets fell onto two of its workers, leaving one with life-changing injuries. IOSH magazine spoke to Thanet District Council’s public protection officer Simon Hogben about what happened. Image courtesy of Thanet …
Rules for every type of road user will be updated in The Highway Code to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses. The changes follow a public consultation on a review of the Highway Code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses …
Scrap metal recycling firm Alutrade Ltd has been fined £2 million after admitting the corporate manslaughter of an employee ‘in an incident waiting to happen’. Three company directors have also been fined after pleading guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act. As part of a three-year …
Scrap metal recycling firm Alutrade Ltd has been fined £2 million after admitting the corporate manslaughter of an employee ‘in an incident waiting to happen’. Three company directors have also been fined after pleading guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act. As part of a three-year …
The mother of a four-year-old boy who fell from a farm vehicle and was run over sustaining fatal injuries has called for a change in attitude in agriculture. Farmer Brian Nutter was given a suspended prison sentence following the death of his nephew Harry Lee. Wigan Magistrates’ Court heard that …
Different workplace environments all have one thing in common, stress. Which is why it is easy to mindlessly eat at work, without paying attention to what is being consumed. Catherine Attfield, Head of Nutrition and Wellbeing at Artizian and Co-Founder of Nutrition Bites, explains how a nutritional diet can increase …
