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How is safety in the construction sector advancing? Trends to watch
Health and safety in the construction industry is evolving rapidly. With technological developments, new regulatory requirements and increased accountability placed on safety leaders in this space, how should health and safety professionals in the construction sector keep up? And, with high-profile events such as Grenfell Tower exposing the consequences of safety failures and increasing the need for regulation, more emphasis is being placed on safety leadership in this sector.
Railway worker safety: the vital role of slip-resistant footwear
According to its 2022/23 Annual Health and Safety Report, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) highlighted that, out of 83 ‘specified’ (serious) injuries sustained by the railway mainline workforce, 50 were caused by slips, trips and falls.¹ Additionally, the report revealed 4,168 workers in the rail mainline industry suffered ‘other’ injuries (over-7-day absence and non-severe injuries), due to a variety of causes, an increase of 66 injuries compared to the previous year.² Photograph:...
What is the future of work? British Safety Council hosts roundtable to find out
A much greater focus on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace – particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic – together with more flexible working practices and the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) brings a new set of challenges for employers that legislators in the 1970s could not have dreamt of. With that, however, comes a wealth of opportunities to improve people’s lives and make workplaces even safer – both physically and psychologically – across the next 50 years.
Global warming at work: why you need to protect your employees
The impact of climate change It’s hard to escape the effects of climate change nowadays, wherever you are in the world. In the last 30 years, average daily temperatures have become 0.9°C warmer In the UK, according to the State of the UK Climate 2020 report, granting us warmer summers and generally wetter weather across the rest of the year. Photograph: iStock/LightFieldStudios July 2022 saw the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, with a high of 40.3°C recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
The science of Slipology – how scientific methods can slash the risk of slip accidents this ‘Sliptember’ | British Safety Council
Despite causing 30 per cent of RIDDORs (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations injury reports) and more than £1 billion of insurance claims year-after-year, slips are not inevitable. What if you could halve your slip incidents using science? It might sound too good to be true, but this ’Sliptember’, I’m diving into the world of ‘Slipology’ to show you how scientific methods can revolutionise your approach to slip safety.
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