The three best photographs have been selected by the international jury. Krzysztof Maksymowicz of Poland was awarded the first prize for his photograph 'dress maker'. The competition called for entries on the theme of 'safety and health in the workplace', with a special focus on risk prevention. To …
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EU-OSHA announces winners of 2011 photo competition
Posted 07-12-2011
Improving safety standards through the right type of education
Posted 14-11-2011
By John Hill, CEO of Bubble (NI) Ltd.
“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.” - Malcolm Gladwell
I always think that the true measure of an organisation or, indeed a nation, is how it trea…
Photos: how not to work at height
Posted 11-07-2011
Second-hand smoke kills
Posted 07-07-2011
Second-hand smoke is the smoke that fills restaurants, offices or other enclosed spaces when people burn tobacco products such as cigarettes, bidis and water pipes. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.
Every person should be able to breathe smoke-free air. Smoke-free laws…
The Fun Police
Posted 28-05-2011
I’ve just left the BBC Television Centre where I watched the filming of the pilot episode of Matt Morgan’s “The Fun Police” – a Channel 4 sitcom based in the Health and Safety Department of Brightsea Borough Council. The show stars Flight of The Concords’ Rhys Darby along with Jack Doolan (Cemetery …
Four Reasons, Eight Lessons - Reluctance to Report May Not Be Caused By Fear
Posted 12-04-2011
By Phil La Duke
Conventional wisdom holds that people won’t report near misses because they fear repercussions associated with admitting that they screwed up, but in most cases, conventional wisdom is wrong.
Near misses — incidents where no one was seriously injured but COULD have been — provide u…
Gone mad: Tories on health and safety
Posted 23-06-2010
This article by Hannah Blythyn gives a concise response to the various statements the Conservative party have made about health and safety in the UK, specifically the myths that the 'compensation culture' is spiralling out of control and that businesses are having to wade through red tape (at great …
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