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The article explains the Work at Height Regulations published by the British Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in May 2005 for the road transportation industry. The description of work at height of HSE is provided. Planning and organization of all work at height should be planned by managers and company owners. One of the messages of the regulation is the prevention of working at height if possible.

The article presents news items related to occupational health in Great Britain. Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning to British employers to make sure they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery. A British farm called Kelloe Mains Farm was fined fined £6,650 after one of its employees died in a quad bike crash in June 2007.

The article reports on issues and events related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of March 2006. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be holding a conference on best practice in rehabilitation and sickness absence management in manufacturing on March 9 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. HSE has launched its Watch your Step accident prevention campaign. Egg carton manufacturer Omni-Pac has been fined for failure to maintain asbestos-made materials on its site.

The article reports on the publication of a revised and updated guidance on the correct and safe use of vehicle at work by the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain. The manual provides advice on all workplace transport operations. It tackles general workplace transport safety issues and discusses workplace transport operations.

The article reports on the efforts of the Health & Safety Executive in Great Britain, to seek for public comments as it revises its enforcement policy. It is noted that the agency is striving to make the policy clearer on when and how the agency and local authorities prosecute safety and health offenses. The current policy aims to reduce lost work days by 30 percent and decrease fatal and serious injury occupational incidents by 10 percent.

The article reports that British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Matt Greenly found multiple safety failings after passing by a construction site in Kirkby, England and seeing a young boy with his father, a construction worker, on a scaffold, on February 20, 2013. Greenly says the ladder and scaffold were not secure, handrails were missing, and boards to prevent tools from falling to the ground were absent. He says the builder put his own life at risk, as well as his son's.

The article focuses on the campaign that aims to offer guidance to employees and employers in order to avoid falls at work. According to a survey from the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE), every 25 minutes, an individual suffers breaks or a fractured bone when at work. Shattered Lives, a campaign that focuses on the effects of simple slips, trips and falls in the workplace, is being launched by a government agency. There has been 11,000 reported injuries to the HSE in 2007 and nearly half of it were in construction and building industries.

This article discusses the prevalence of accidents in the haulage industry in Great Britain from 2005 to 2006. The author references the finding by the Health & Safety Executive that the industry reported 299 major-injuries caused by falls from vehicles. He notes that the first challenge is to prevent accidents happening and organizations are using health and safety guidelines to good effect. He suggests that early intervention should be used to tackle absence before it becomes a long-term or bigger problem.

The article discusses the need for improved safety in construction sites, particularly in the refurbishment and housebuilding sectors. Stephen Williams, head of construction of the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) noted the high fatality rate in this sector, where 39 fatalities occurred in 2006. Among the 1,500 sites inspected in June and July 2007, 244 works were stopped due to dangerous conditions. It is also noted in the article that contractor Rockbuild was fined heavily for an accident that left a worker paralyzed.

The article reports on a pilot scheme which uses a subliminal messaging technique being tested by the British Health and Safety Executive to reinforce safe site practices in Great Britain. Drawings of best practice and how to avoid accidents were placed on tools and products used on a daily basis by builders. Lifting and noise are among potential dangers covered by the scheme.

The article reports that the Health and Safety Executive has provided recommendations when working in loading and unloading areas to help reduce the number of accidents in Great Britain. In 1997, 2,760 accidents occurred reaching 3,658 in 2004. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employers to ensure that the workplace is free from risk. This duty extends to ensuring that employees are given appropriate training in dealing with loading and unloading vehicles.

The article reports that the British Government has praised the access industry for the way in which it has embraced the Work at Height Regulations. The Health & Safety Executive also unveiled the first cross-industry training standard for working at height, but has conceded that, while falls from height appear to be reducing, more work needs to be done to stop falls from low heights. Lord Hunt, the minister responsible for health and safety, said that firms must continue to invest in safety.

The article reports on the partnership agreement signed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) with the Engineering Employers Federation which is aimed at reducing accidents within the manufacturing sector in Great Britain. The agreement will ensure that all manufacturing companies will have access to health and safety advice and information. Other agreements involved by HSE are also included in the article.

This article reports that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to launch an enforcement drive on the manufacturing sector in Great Britain to reduce the high number of fatal and serious injuries that occur within the industry. The HSE campaign will see HSE inspectors targeting firms over the next three years to ensure that correct safety procedures are in place for those working with machinery.

Reports on an appeal by Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for designers and architects to eliminate deaths in the construction industry. Tool for lowering the accident rate; Collaboration of HSE with the Construction Industry Council and the Institution of Civil Engineers to promote industrial safety.

Reports on the plan of Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive to adopt an automated sheeting systems to safeguard automobile drivers. Explanation from inspector for health and safety Trevor Hay on injuries and fatalities of vehicle drivers due to manual sheeting; Advantages of using retrofitting an automated system.