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Health and Safety in Numbers – the HSE’s Annual Statistics for 2021/22

Health and Safety in Numbers – the HSE’s Annual Statistics for 2021/22

On 23rd November, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual statistics on work related ill-health and workplace injuries for the 2021 ...

Why businesses should take steps now to prepare for record-keeping and reporting obligations under Extended Producer Responsibility

Why businesses should take steps now to prepare for record-keeping and reporting obligations under Extended Producer Responsibility

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) will be introduced from 2024. Howev ...

‘Protecting People and Places’ – the HSE’s Strategic Objectives for the Next Decade

‘Protecting People and Places’ – the HSE’s Strategic Objectives for the Next Decade

Alongside the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, there is another anniversary that is close to all health and safety practitioners – it has been 50 years since ...

DAC Beachcroft Spotlight: 2020/21 Health and Safety in Numbers

DAC Beachcroft Spotlight: 2020/21 Health and Safety in Numbers

View the HSE's annual statistics for work related ill-health, non-fatal workplace injuries and enforcement action taken during 2020/21.

‘Dust Kills!’ The HSE’s Respiratory Health Inspection Initiative for Construction

‘Dust Kills!’ The HSE’s Respiratory Health Inspection Initiative for Construction

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be carrying out a month long inspection initiative with a focus on respiratory health and occupational lung ...

COVID-19: The end is nigh

COVID-19: The end is nigh

With the Government’s recent announcement regarding the end of a vast majority of COVID-19 restrictions employers and businesses will be planning for ...

HSE’s Talking Toolkit: Preventing Work-related Stress in Construction

HSE’s Talking Toolkit: Preventing Work-related Stress in Construction

In the construction industry, workplace stress (which includes stress, depression and anxiety) is the second biggest cause of work-related ill health ...

Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis

In this article we look at how construction workers in particular may be at risk of developing a type of leptospirosis called Weil’s Disease, a form o ...

HSE target Construction Sector in Health Inspection Initiative during October 2020

HSE target Construction Sector in Health Inspection Initiative during October 2020

The HSE will be carrying out its latest construction health initiative between Monday 5 and Friday 30 October. What will this inititive entail and wha ...

HSE Annual Report

HSE Annual Report

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently published its annual report detailing its performance over the year.