A disturbing fact is that Great Britain’s health and safety performance has stopped improving. With one third of the work related injuries being caused as a result of a slip, trip or fall and at a cost of over £500 million a year in loss of production and £133 million cost to our health service, [...]

Every worker whether they be permanent staff, contractors or agency workers have to be aware of issues that can affect their health and safety at work. With 241 work related fatalities in 2006 -07 and 141,350 related workplace injuries, workers have a right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are [...]

Today the printing industry employs over 316,000 people making it the 6th largest employer in the UK. Unfortunately, around 1200 workers reported to the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) work related injuries, with over 200 reported injuries classed as major, fractures and amputations. Most common reported injuries stem from manual handling, slips, trips & falls [...]

The heading of this article is more than just a question. Many employees turn up at work everyday unaware of the hidden dangers that may face. Faulty wiring, spillage on the floor not cleaned away properly, non-serviced machinery, loose fittings… the list is endless. The after-effects are sometimes deathly! Its no surprise to hear that [...]