By definition, emergency workers often face danger at work. But as they go about the daily business of saving lives and protecting people, they now face an extra set of risks in the form of attacks from the public. Lucie Ponting reports on initiatives to protect emergency workers from attack that show early signs of paying off.

Tories pledge to change HSW Act for police

News | HSP | 16.05.2008

Office worker with mesothelioma secures £170,000

News | HSP | 18.04.2008

York Council fined over lawnmower death

Prosecutions and Claims | 15.04.2008

NHS trust settles allergy claim for six figures

Prosecutions and Claims | 10.04.2008

Overheated Glasgow teachers

News | HSW | 10.04.2008

Pupil burned by tar dripping through roof

Prosecutions and Claims | 07.04.2008

Reversing vehicle killed worker in blind spot

Prosecutions and Claims | 04.04.2008

Royal Mail delivers new health initiatives

News | HSP | 11.03.2008

Case study: Leeds Hospitals' burning issue

Sara Bean | Case Study | 06.03.2008

Leeds Hospitals' burning issue

Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 06.03.2008

Peter Aldridge understands better than most how the Fire Safety Order works. He was awarded the Chubb-sponsored Fire Safety Manager of the Year prize at the annual Fire Industry Awards last June. Sara Bean talks to the award-winning fire safety manager about the challenges of complying with the new regulations.

Elderly woman hit by reversing street sweeper

Prosecutions and Claims | 03.03.2008

When things go wrong - health and safety sentencing

Howard Fidderman | Features | HSB | 27.02.2008

Nine years after the Court of Appeal concluded that fines for health and safety offences were too low, how have the courts been sentencing employers convicted of health and safety crimes? And what will be the impact of the new sentencing guidelines for manslaughter when they come into force later this year? Howard Fidderman believes that sentencing should not be left to the courts.

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Council culpable for forklift fatality

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Hospital employee suffers shock from steam cleaner

NHS Trust fined for glutaraldehyde exposure

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In the line of fire: protecting emergency workers