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Employers and employees are among those invited to have their say in the development of the HSE’s new five-year strategy, a move that has been welcomed by IOSH. The new strategy will apply from 2016 to 2020 and cover six themes. HSE is looking to engage with relevant parties, including employers, workers, local and central

Judith Hackitt, chair of the Health and Safety Executive, has been made a dame in the 2016 New Year honours list. Judith, who already holds a CBE for services to health and safety from 2006, has again been recognised for her services to health and safety and for being a role model to young women in

The Löfstedt Review of the UK’s Health and Safety legislation, carried out in 2011 at the request of the government, recommended that the self-employed person whose work activities pose no potential risk of harm to others should be exempt from health and safety law. This recommendation was accepted by Government and will come into force

The HSE has clarified the “transitional arrangements” for implementing CDM 2015 next year, telling participants at an opening meeting of the Construction Industry Advisory Committee on 19 November that there would be a six-month “grace period” between April and October 2015. This would mean that any project underway on the implementation date of 6 April

BSG the UK’s largest construction safety group, has reported a 33% decrease in manual handling injuries for its members.1 Lifting and handling injuries are recognised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as the type of accident most likely to result in ‘over 7 day’ absences in the construction industry, accounting for over 30% of

The Building Safety Group is well positioned to expand further during 2015 as it continues to add new capabilities with the addition of 4 new safety advisers who will serve existing and new members across the UK with their health and safety consultancy and training. November sadly saw the retirement of Phil Lawrence, the Principal

HSE Inspectors visited 1748 ‘targeted’ refurbishment sites during a 4 week period that commenced on 22nd October. The results are published on the HSE website but these are the headline figures; 1748 sites inspected 2180 contractors inspected Poor standards were found on 40% of these sites (691 sites) 35% of the issues were health related

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert to advise crane owners and users to ensure that tower crane slew brake release mechanisms are properly greased. This follows an investigation into  the collapse of two tower crane jibs which had a problem with their slew brake release mechanisms. Lubrication is needed to

Figures published recently show that while Britain continues to be one of the safest places to work in Europe, too many workers are still being injured or made ill by work. Injury and ill-health statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that an estimated 28.2 million working days were lost due to