Health and Safety News

The authorities of the Scottish Railway were in for a shock recently when two workers succumbed to the injuries sustained due to a fall from a height. These workers were engaged in painting and blasting work on rail bridges when this tragic incident happened.
One accident was on the Forth Bridge where painter Robert McDonald fell [...]

The new mission of the Government is to reduce the number of smokers to one in every ten people from the current one in five by 2020. It is considering various strategies to achieve this goal.
The smoke-free rules were enacted three years back and they categorised many places and vehicles as smoke-free areas. In these [...]

Extending the debate on making directors more directly responsible for the welfare of their employees, a labour MP has mooted a new bill which aims to give precise guidelines on what these responsibilities are. This new bill is hoped to make a visible difference where the previous ones failed.
Aberdeen North MP, Frank Doran, has [...]

A civilian police worker with the Thames Valley Police has received six-figure compensation from his employer.
An accident which occurred in May 2007 left him with life-threatening injuries. Following the incident, he is yet to resume his duties.
The victim, Keith Tilbury, from Walton on Thames, was employed as a 999 control room operator. He was attending [...]