Current legislation, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, applies to all workplaces regardless of the number of employees and requires employers to provide adequate training in fire ...

This post is part of the “Focus on Health and Safety Audit Questions” series. A series which focuses on questions asked by our health and safety consultants when conducting a health and safety audit.

If you have found this article there’s a good chance that you are a manager probably within a UK based business operating internationally, that either has responsibility for or has just been given ...

Accident records and a reporting procedure must be in place and is a legal requirement under HASAWA and RIDDOR. Ensure an accident log book or electronic system is in place for recording accidents.

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has responded to a request for support from the Ministry of Labour, in Mauritius, for an initiative to improve occupational health and safety ...

On Friday 20 July 2012, Lion Steel Limited was fined £480,000 with costs of £84,000 under the Corporate Manslaughter Act at Manchester Crown Court in relation to the death of 45-year-old employee, ...

Crews from Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service have helped rescue elderly care home residents from a major fire that broke out at a nursing home in the Inverness area. Some 59 residents of ...