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  Look out for our Take Five for Health and Safety – a series of bitesize videos on one specific aspect of Health and Safety at work which will take no more than 5-10 minutes to watch. We will share one short video every month with a focus on a specific aspect of H&S or […]

Traffic in the workplace can involve either pedestrians, vehicles, or both. The majority of accidents related to work- place transport involve people: being hit or run over by moving vehicles, falling from vehicles, being struck by objects falling from vehicles or being injured as a result of vehicles collapsing or overturning. Vehicle Arrival and Departure […]

Diver trapped in sluice tunnel A diver was removing a stop log from inner lock gates as part of a job to reopen locked docks. He had completed about six metres of a vertical cut when it became difficult, and he thought he had hit concrete. Telling his supervisor, he left his basket to inspect […]

Most organisations including HSE and local councils manage to put up their decorations, celebrating the spirit of Christmas without a fuss. They just sensibly provide their staff with suitable step ladders to put decorations rather than expecting staff to balance on wheelie chairs. Christmas is a special time of year. Even so, it doesn’t stop […]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforce health and safety law in workplaces under their jurisdiction. Potentially prosecuting in cases of serious breaches of H&S legal standards. There does not have to be an accident or injury for a prosecution under the criminal justice systems, a breach of law is required, but there may have […]