The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released a summary of statistics relating to health and safety at work in the UK for 2021-2022.
Regularly reviewing your health and safety management system is critical in ensuring it is effective in managing risk and protecting people.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its pregnancy and the workplace guidance for employers in relation to new and expectant mothers.
Two company directors have been prosecuted and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store repeatedly disturbed asbestos-containing material (ACMs).
A local authority has been fined £50,000 after 15 employees working in a highways department developed Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), as a result of the Council’s failure to control exposure to vibration.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be targeting construction sites in the next few months as part of its dust awareness and respiratory health initiative, ‘Dust. It Can Kill.’
An engineering firm has been prosecuted after an employee was fatally injured carrying out repairs to a 1,000-tonne press.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently issued a safety bulletin in relation to the use of ladders and stepladders in the workplace. Falling from height is one of the main causes of death and injury in UK workplaces, accounting for a quarter of worker deaths and eight per cent of non-fatal injuries every year according to the HSE.
Aegis is pleased to announce that we are now able to offer a comprehensive workplace noise and hand-arm vibration (HAV) measuring and assessment service.
Thousands of leaseholders in the UK will benefit from better protective measures under new property regulations, after the Building Safety Act 2022 received royal assent earlier this year and is set to become law in 2023.