Power and risk
The recent story of diminishing public investment in HSE and local authority enforcement has sometimes been justified as a necessary focus on the higher hazards against everyday risks.
By Mike Robinson FCA on 17 October 2019
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Data project opens up new ways to prevent accidents
HSE is exploring how AI and data can help employers understand more about how accidents happen and how to prevent them through thousands of stories and reports it stores.
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 March 2023
Tough love speaks truth to power
A UK-wide network of campaigners with a long history of calling out injustice at work, Hazards has stood almost alone during the pandemic in how they take on anyone they see as failing to uphold the safety of working people.
By on 08 October 2020
Didcot investigation into four workers’ deaths still unresolved
On 23 February it will be the sixth anniversary of the Didcot disaster which claimed the lives of four demolition workers. But police say it’s still not possible to say when the investigation will be completed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 February 2022
Injury prevention must be a public health priority
It’s Zahra’s first day back at work, as her office reopens after several months. Before this year, she wouldn’t have said her job at an IT services company was a dangerous one – bar the odd stray cable on the floor.
By Lesley Rankin on 20 October 2020
HSE Chief Executive Sarah Albon looks back on 2020: interview
HSE's chief executive Sarah Albon speaks to Safety Management about helping the country get through Covid, and other challenges.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 January 2021
HSE flags fall in convictions for safety breaches as concern
The number of convictions for health and safety breaches has plummeted in the past four-year period, latest figures show.
By on 12 August 2019
Prosecutions for safety breaches reach record low
Prosecutions for health and safety breaches have reached a record low, HSE has revealed prompting warnings that bosses are prepared to flout safety laws because they no longer fear consequences.
By on 12 December 2019
HSE increases Fee For Intervention (FFI) charges by almost 20 per cent
HSE has hiked up its Fee for Intervention (FFI) costs, meaning businesses that break health and safety laws will now be charged £154 per hour for inspectors to investigate failures.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 May 2019
HSE urged to boost staff engagement in DWP review
HSE should set a “stretching target” to improve engagement among its 2,500 staff, including looking at annual working days lost and reports of bullying and harassment, a government report into its work has urged.
By on 01 March 2019
