Asthma can ruin lives, it is estimated that asthma costs our society over £1.1billion in a 10 year period. Asthma is a condition that affects the muscles around the airways, when they become irritated they swell and tighten restricting the airways and make breathing more difficult, you may also suffer from wheezing and tightening of [...]

Swine flu is the strain of influenza that has been responsible for the deaths of more than 150 people* it has now been reported in Mexico, United States, Canada, Spain and now Scotland. This virus is spreading fast, sources say this pandemic will reach most countries very fast. Most of the travel companies have now [...]

High noise levels affect more that 1 million people in British industry every day, whether it be in the construction sector or the music teacher in the local school. The Control of Noise at Work Regulation 2005 (the Noise Regulation) came into force in all industry sectors on April 6 2006, music and entertainment came [...]

Britain has one of the best Health and safety records in the World, to prove this we have looked through the internet and found some bad examples of ladder use from around the world. Even with our above-average record for ladder safety in Britain, 13 people still die each year falling from ladders and more [...]

The dock was always considered to one of the most dangerous in the UK. Latest report states that slips and trips are up by 50% (source HSE). It was reported that 7 people died as well as 449 major accidents and 1850 people off for more than 3 days between 2003 and 2008 (HSE). Like [...]

On April 20th 2009 the BBC Panorama program came to the conclusion that common sense must rule when it comes to protecting peoples lives. Sometimes used an excuse to save money the HSE is always the easy option. There have been several activities in the past few years that have been cancelled due to “Health [...]

Last year 1863 people received an injury that kept them off work for more that 3 days, a slip, trip or fall in the kitchen still remains the main cause of injury to Chefs, Kitchen assistants and waiting staff, as well as this number 640 were off work due to broken bones, this must be [...]

Yesterday (19th April 09) saw the warmest day of the year so far, in the UK, kids out playing, shorts and t-shirts looked out, golf clubs cleaned and BBQs lit, on a serious note are we doing enough to protect our skin? Everybody loves sitting in the sun whether its in your garden or in [...]

There will always be risks associated with driving, and for those near and around wagons and trailers. Recently, I read an article where a young man died as a result of a trailer reversing into a yard. Accidents involving lorries and fork trucks in work yards causes around 65 deaths and over a 1000 serious [...]

British weather is notorious, 4 seasons in 1 day, hot and cold, windy then calm and that’s not to mention the rain, sleet and the snow. When you look at the weather its no wonder we all feel the effects of the cold and flu virus, when theses attack our systems we have no option [...]