Manual handling compliance depends on how work is designed, assessed and controlled.
Thu 29th Oct 2026
The useful management test is whether the assessment still describes the risks and controls that exist in practice....
Thu 22nd Oct 2026
First-aid compliance in Great Britain depends on whether the organisation can provide prompt assistance under its actual working conditions...
Thu 15th Oct 2026
A new HSE campaign sets out a three step approach for employers to prevent hearing loss and hand arm vibration syndrome.
Tue 13th Oct 2026
HSE is urging employers to use the Working Minds tools to identify and address work related stress after figures show almost one million workers affec...
Sat 10th Oct 2026
Maintenance risk is shaped by the condition of the equipment, the intervention required and the controls in place while normal safeguards may be unava...
Thu 8th Oct 2026
Managing workplace vibration requires employers to understand how much vibration employees actually receive during their working day....
Thu 1st Oct 2026
The practical value of an ISO 14001 environmental management system depends on how well it controls environmental responsibilities between audits...
Thu 24th Sep 2026
Noise compliance should give managers a clear line of sight from exposure assessment through noise reduction....
Thu 17th Sep 2026
HSE reports 17 convictions since 2025 for illegal gas work and urges people to check Gas Safe Register before any gas work.
Mon 14th Sep 2026
PPE can fail to provide the expected protection when it is poorly selected, does not fit the wearer, conflicts with other equipment or is used incorre...
Thu 10th Sep 2026
Fire doors, escape arrangements and alarms should not be managed as unrelated assets. Their specification and operation should follow from....
Thu 3rd Sep 2026
Managing a worker under 18 requires employers in Great Britain to consider how age, experience and maturity affect the person's ability....
Thu 27th Aug 2026
The everyday meaning of "confined" can lead managers towards the wrong criteria. HSE explains that a qualifying space...
Thu 20th Aug 2026
A risk assessment should give managers a reliable picture of where people could be harmed and what the organisation is doing about it..
Thu 13th Aug 2026
Louise Hosking will join the HSE Board as a non executive director, bringing more than 30 years of sector experience.
Tue 11th Aug 2026
Waste compliance is best managed as a chain of decisions, beginning with purchasing and ending at an authorised recovery or disposal site....
Thu 6th Aug 2026
Managers need to control the whole work-at-height process, from defining the task and appointing competent people to selecting equipment.....
Thu 30th Jul 2026
The regulator has opened a formal inquiry after a fire and subsequent explosion at an industrial unit near Rettendon, Essex.
Manual handling risk is often created by decisions about layout, storage, purchasing, staffing....
Thu 23rd Jul 2026
Provisional 2025 26 figures show agriculture still has the highest fatality rate and that children and over 65s are disproportionately affected.
Mon 20th Jul 2026
Effective COSHH management is demonstrated by how hazardous substances are controlled during everyday work....
Tue 14th Jul 2026
HSE reports 126 worker deaths in 2025/26 and publishes new international analysis showing Great Britain remains among the lowest for fatal workplace i...
Wed 1st Jul 2026
HSE has concluded there is no clear evidence that lowering the asbestos control limit in law would reduce exposures or improve health outcomes and wil...
Mon 18th May 2026
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