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25/06/2014

England's early exit from the World Cup isn't all bad news as an infographic looking at its economic impact shows there could be some positive news for the nation's health. Consumption of alcohol is expected to drop by 67% and fans are likely to spend £12m less on junk food as a result of the team's early departure. While the infographic, produced by Real Business Rescue, shows publicans will suffer, fewer late nights and lower alcohol consumption could make for a more productive workforce.

England's early exit from the World Cup isn't all bad news as an infographic looking at its economic impact shows there could be some positive news for the nation's health. Consumption of alcohol is expected to drop by 67% and fans are likely to spend £12m less on junk food as a result of the team's…

03/06/2014

"Are Americans worrying too much about the wrong things?" That's the title of a press release from the National Safety Council (NSC) marking June as National Safety Month. The point from NSC: Unin...

15/04/2014

PS & JE Ward corporate manslaughter trial commences
08 April 2014
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Philip Crosbie, associate, Eversheds

The jury are about to be sent out in the corporate manslaughter trial of PS & JE Ward Limited at Norwich Crown Court. The King's Lynn based flower nursery company was charged with corporate manslaughter following the death of one of its employees in July 2010. The employee, who was originally from Poland, died as a result of a electric shock when the lift trailer of his tractor came into contact with an overhead power line at Belmont Nursery.
This is the eighth corporate manslaughter case to come before the Courts since the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into force in April 2008. The trial is running at the same time as that of MNS Mining Limited, a company charged with corporate manslaughter following the deaths of four miners at a South Wales Colliery in 2011.
- See more at: http://www.shponline.co.uk/home/blog/full/ps-je-ward-corporate-manslaughter-trial-commences .0Wk333he.dpuf

15/04/2014

The UK

01/04/2014

It is abundantly clear to every one that the availability of low cost tablets, laptops and smart phones supported by systems should be revolutionising Health & Safety Departments throughout the country. Sadly enactment and realising the benefits is mostly far from the case.

11/03/2014

After another fatality along Metro-North Railroad tracks, the agency's new safety protocols are being reviewed and questioned.

10/03/2014

Crime agencies say the discovery that two of the passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight 307 were using stolen passports has revealed a key flaw in international airline travel security.

07/03/2014

A construction worker has died at one of the Crossrail construction sites in central London.

Reports say firefighters attempted to rescue the 43-year-old after he sustained head injuries 32ft (10m) down a tunnel in Holborn earlier this morning (7 March).

The London Fire Brigade said it had sent rescue crews at approximately 05.40 GMT to help rescue the worker. Ambulance crews also attended but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
- See more at: http://www.shponline.co.uk/home/news/full/construction-worker-killed-in-crossrail-tunnel .oHZWd90S.dpuf

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05/03/2014

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04/03/2014

A vehicle salvage firm in Stalybridge has been fined over multiple safety failings after a car weighing more than half a tonne fell from a forklift truck, crushing a young mechanic underneath.

28/02/2014

From reaction to incidents to the development of a corporate culture: the approach to occupational health and safety is changing all over the world, according to a global study.