productBlackline Safety secures $1.6M deal
BLACKLINE SAFETY and Total Safety have announced a new $1.6 million deal that sees Total Safety purchasing more than 100 of Blackline’s next-generation EXO 8 portable area monitors.
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blogThe hidden workplace risks of cold weather
EMPLOYERS CAN limit the negative health impact of the cold weather, says John Kushnick.
newsUK records safest year in digging history
THE UK’s safe digging industry saw a record-breaking 3.92 million search enquiries being placed in 2023, meaning more people than ever are searching for underground pipes and cables before they put a digger bucket or spade in the ground, according to Digging up Britain 2024.
productMaking the invisible, visible
REACTEC REVIEWS the current impact of dust-related occupational ill-health in the UK and explores how connected worker technology can help you to manage exposure.
newsUK workers at risk from pipeline danger
THERE WERE 268 incidents of workers putting themselves at risk by digging too close to a high-pressure oil, gas, or chemical pipeline in 2023, according to Linewatch, the leading pipeline safety awareness group.
newsWaste firm prosecuted for liquid cyanide leak
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully prosecuted a waste transport company for causing liquid cyanide to leak from a lorry at an industrial estate in Heanor, Derbyshire.
newsWaste boss fined for obstructing site checks
THE OWNER of a waste treatment plant in Barking barred environment inspectors from entering the site unless they handed over thousands of pounds in bogus fees.
newsWork fatalities rise ‘a sobering reminder’ of cost of failure
A TEN per cent increase in the number of people killed at work highlights the need to bolster health and safety standards in Britain’s workplaces.
newsAnglian Water fined £2.65m after sewage failings
ANGLIAN WATER pleaded guilty and was hit with a fine of £2.65 million after allowing untreated sewage to overflow into the North Sea following a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
newsFarmer fined after walker trampled by cow
A DOG walker was thrown 8ft into the air by a cow which then repeatedly trampled on him as he tried to crawl away, breaking six ribs of his ribs and leaving him with damage to his lungs and spleen.
