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Bill offers enforcers alternative route

News | HSW | 12.08.2007

The HSE and local authorities will have the option to ask to impose fixed fines and permanent prohibition from hazardous activities on safety offenders without taking them to court under a draft Bill published by the government.

Case study: Brunner Mond's watching brief

Sara Bean | Case Study | 09.08.2007

Sara Bean talks to a chemicals manufacturer where unsafe acts are unlikely to be overlooked

If the mask fits

Helen Collins | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007

Helen Collins takes a deep breath and explains the ins and outs of face fit testing for RPE

Providing safety instructions

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.06.2007

Lucie Ponting reports on a just-in-time method of providing safety instructions, where the writing is anywhere but on the wall.

BP North Sea safety fears

Prosecutions and Claims | 02.06.2007

Just another hazard

Oliver Brennan | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

People who continually verbally abuse, threaten, humiliate and denigrate colleagues, causing them unreasonable stress, are themselves hazards and, as such, are harmful to the health and safety of people unfortunate enough to have to work with them. Oliver Brennan says that you should apply the same risk management techniques to workplace bullies that you would to any inanimate hazard.

Site specifics: going smoke-free

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

On 1 July 2007, England will follow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in going smoke-free. An employer's main responsibility will be to ensure that no-one smokes in enclosed or substantially enclosed areas. The keys to achieving compliance are a smoke-free policy and appropriate signage. Bridget Leathley finds the best online guidance.

Absence levels rise

News | HSW | 01.06.2007

Risk assessments for disabled workers

Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

Don't panic. That's the first thing to remember if you are called on to carry out a personal risk assessment for a disabled worker, says Duncan Abbott. In this article, he demystifies combined risk assessments and DDA assessments for disabled workers and explains how to apply the five steps to risk assessment.

Failures at council made Barrow outbreak possible

News | HSW | 01.06.2007

Health and safety enforcement in China

Adrienne Gleeson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

In the first of a short series on health and safety enforcement in the major developing economies Adrienne Gleeson looks east to China.

Demolition firm fined twice in a fortnight

Prosecutions and Claims | 01.06.2007

Who's next for the NEC

Mike Birch | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

Flawed survey put workers at risk

Prosecutions and Claims | 01.06.2007

Taking responsibility for safety

John Gilbertson | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

If employees won't take any responsibility for their own safety, you need a hard-nosed approach to rule breaking, argues John Gilbertson.

NICE advice splits employer groups

News | HSW | 01.06.2007

Occupational health offerings at Expo 2007

Features | HSW | 01.06.2007

From noise monitoring equipment and asbestos management software, to furniture to cut the risk of deep-vein thrombosis, we report on the occupational health offerings on show.