Glass is everywhere, it’s in our homes, our cars, the streets, we eat our cereal out of bowls made from it and drink from bottles made from it. Ever wonder about the people who manufacture glass? In Britain around 27,000 people are employed in the glass industry, producing nearly 3 million tonnes of glass a [...]

In recent years there has been much talk about a condition called ‘Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome or White finger’ (HAVS) this is caused when workers are exposed to constant vibration from working with power tools. The excessive exposure to hand held vibrating power tools can cause damage to nerves, impair blood circulation, and cause musculoskeletal [...]

Lower back pain is one of the most painful conditions to affect British employees today. When we get back pain we automatically take time off our daily routine, this is wrong and could be more harmful than good as your back is designed to be kept moving, try to keep to your daily routine as [...]

On those long lazy school holidays, there’s nothing better than loading up your fishing tackle and heading up stream with a few mates for some good fishing. All that sounds great until you realise the dangers involved – river fishing safety covers many common sense issues such as you should never run near the waters [...]

The ladder exchange campaign run by the Health and Safety Executive will be running this year from September 1st 2009 till 31st of December 2009. Better known as ‘Shattered Life’s‘ this campaign will allow companies to exchange damaged, bent or broken ladders at approved retailers for a very competitive rate. In the last 2 years [...]

We all love the fairground, theme parks and adventure holidays but what happens when things go wrong? On Tuesday 11th of August 2009 one of the cars on the Big Dipper at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach stopped working around 20ft in the air, causing the other to run into the back of it, there were 32 [...]