All Health & Safety articles – Page 3
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Catastrophe RiskCombustible dust explosions in many countries and industries
Risk needs more attention
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Behaviour schemes can improve firms’ safety: Aviva
Behaviour based programmes can discourage unsafe action among staff, says NURS
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AnalysisFinally a settlement
Royal & Sun Alliance’s settlement with GM ends four years of bitter legal battles
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InterviewsHSE must disclose names for work-deaths
A safety charity has forced the HSE to hand over information so that it can track how it deals with work-related deaths
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Online onlyProtect bottom line with health and safety
Workplace injury and illness is wreaking enormous harm in British industry, says Alliance
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Online onlyCharity wins civil damages case
A civil damages claim brought against a charity by an injured climber has been thrown out
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InterviewsWHO reveals rising cost of diseases in the workplace
Report calls for the worldwide introduction of workplace health programmes to tackle chronic disease
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Online onlyNovae launches corporate killing D&O policy
New policy designed to cover defence costs for cases of corporate manslaughter
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Online onlyHSE fails to publicise own convictions
Safety charity pours scorn on the HSE for failing to use publicity as a deterrent
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Online onlyNew manslaughter offence won’t apply until 2010
Safety charity predicts the new offence will only start applying to large organisations in relation to deaths that take place after 2010
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Online onlyAon expects surge in corporate manslaughter convictions
Broker urges companies to improve health and safety controls
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Online onlyNew law cracks down on corporate killing
The Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force on 6 April 2008
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Online onlyOSHA notifies workplaces with high injury rates
Says it is a step to encourage employers to improve safety
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Online onlyHospitality firms must do their bit to prevent workplace injury: Alliance
Announcement follows HSE’s Shattered Lives campaign
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Online onlyWildfire leaves contaminated properties
Recent testing of structures and land reveals hidden dangers to property owners, months after California wildfires are extinguished
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Online onlyHSE prosecution was a 'waste of taxpayers' money
Hatton Traffic Management has lashed out at the HSE after being cleared of blame over an accident in which two of its workers died
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Online onlyUK employer medical costs expected to rise by 8 % in 2008
Watson Wyatt survey finds 71 % of respondents expect higher medical cost trends over the next five years
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Online onlyNURS warns directors of health & safety duties
42% of companies surveyed did not have a director with formal health & safety qualifications
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AnalysisTerrorism risk foresight
A report on political risk finds that the battlegrounds of the war on terror continue to dominate global risk trends
