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Gas Firm Fined 5m Over Fatal Gas Explosion
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging gas network operators to learn from a fatal house explosion, in which an elderly woman died in
Back to Basics: Chemical Hazards
In the latest article of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring their risks are well managed, we focus on understanding
Hitting the Spot: HSE Explains it’s COVID Checks
The word ‘unprecedented’ has become so overused in any conversation about the coronavirus pandemic, it is hard to find superlatives. But what has
Wind Farm Firms Fined Almost £900,000 Over Security Guard’s Death
The parent company of a contractor that was building a wind farm in Scotland and a security firm that employed staff to guard the remote site have
Worker Balanced in Wooden Crate on Forklift to Access Crane
Rotherham’s principal environmental health officer Adrian Monkhouse explains how a worker balanced in a wooden crate's six-metre fall resulted in
How to Prevent Manual Handling Injuries at Work
To prevent manual handling injuries at work in this day and age is more important a task than ever. While health staff were clapped and supermarket
HSE Releases Annual Injury and Ill-Health Statistics for Great Britain
The number of injuries and incidents of ill-health in workplaces across Liverpool and across Great Britain is still too high, new statistics