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The article explains the reasons behind the needed reform of occupational health in the British construction industry as of February 2010. It references statistics released by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The issue of safety barriers is explored. Other topics discussed include the development of a national OH database and card scheme by the Constructing Better Health (CBH), skepticism and views expressed by occupational health personnel.

The article reports on food industry in Great Britain. Campaign by the British organisation Health and Safety Executive (HSE) focusing occupational asthma and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) at factory inspections, is highlighted. Also mentioned is the approach of food and drink industry for a healthy and safety work place.

The article reports on an occupational health program for the construction industry in Great Britain called Constructing Better Health. A discussion of the advantages of the program, which features an occupational health database and allows construction site managers to gain fitness information about members of their workforce, is presented. Statistics on accidents and illnesses in the construction industry which were released by Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive are discussed.

The article reports that the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new draft industrial health and safety strategy for consultation amid signs that improvements in health and safety performance have reached a plateau in recent years. The strategy is also designed to reflect changes in workforce composition, in particular, the growth in non-unionised micro and small businesses, and self-employment.

Deals with the workplace health and safety strategy launched by the British Health and Safety Commission (HSC). Information on the Good Health Is Good Business campaign introduced by HSC; Effort of HSC to reduce accidents and fatalities in the workplace; Document outlined by HSC and the British Health and Safety Executive to promote workplace health and safety.

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 presents an overview of a health and safety strategy for British employers and employees that was released in June of 2009 by Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive. In the strategy the executive called for British employers to become more involved with occupational health and safety issues and to start considering them as important issues in the workplace.

The article presents news briefs related to health and safety in the workplace. The British Health and Safety Executive has simplified workplace health and safety laws and procedures. A study by the risk management firm Norwich Union Risk Services indicates that many business enterprises fail to collect accurate data on health and safety hazards. A report on deaths in the construction industry to be issued by the Health and Safety Executive has been delayed.

The article reports that Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) study on the costs of health and safety failures has adopted an entirely new approach aimed at providing more meaningful data. The agency has developed a ready reckoner tool for employers to calculate the costs and benefits of their own activities. In addition, it has also published case studies demonstrating the business benefits of effective interventions.

The article reports that the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published revised guidance on legal requirements relating to the reporting of major injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences at work. Although there have been no changes in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations themselves, the third edition updates the existing version of the same document.

This section offers news briefs related to occupational health. The Institute of Occupational Medicine has said the Health and Safety Executive and Health and Safety Commission need to put a greater emphasis on tackling work-related illness in Great Britain. In February 2008, 1,000 refurbishment building sites were inspected by the Health and Safety Executive in a crackdown on safety. Three Manchester construction firms have been fined and ordered to pay costs of £125,000 in a prosecution over the death of a 17-year-old trainee scaffolder.

This section discusses a variety of issues concerning occupational health and safety in Great Britain. An inspection program on construction refurbishment sites, conducted by the Health and Safety Executive, found that nearly one in three sites put the lives of workers at risk. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents called for changes in the British health and safety performance. Farmers were reminded by the Health and Safety Executive to take appropriate safety precautions during baling work.

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.

Presents news briefs related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of July 2005. Fine imposed against World's End Waste following an investigation into the death of a worker in June 2004; Publication of a revised guidance for caterers on preventing slips and trips by the British Health & Safety Executive; Amount of fine imposed against Colas Ltd. after a worker was burned to death while cleaning a tanker.

Presents an update related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of June 2005. Total amount of fine imposed on Shell for the death of two workers on its Brent Bravo offshore production platform; Revision of the guidance on the correct and safe use of respiratory protective equipment by the Health & Safety Executive; Property developers who were fined for the death of a worker in London, England.

Offers information on a Web-based performance indicator launched by the British Health and Safety Executive to help small and medium sized businesses assess their health and safety performance. Applications of the indicator.

Reports on the publication of the "Your Health, Your Safety: A Guide for Workers" by the British Health and Safety Executive and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) translated into different languages. Coverage of the guidelines; Responsibility of employers to promote industrial safety; Possible increase in industrial accidents according to TUC deputy general secretary Frances O'Grady.

Presents news briefs on occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of January 2005. Information on a book produced by the British Health & Safety Executive for firms working with steel and other metal stock; Fine imposed on Savill Fabrications for breaching health and safety laws; Launch of the Worker Safety Adviser Challenge Fund by the British Health and Safety Commission.

Presents news briefs on occupational health in Great Britain as of January 2005. Abolishment of compulsory retirement ages by British ministers; Claim of an employee of British Nuclear Fuels regarding her dismissal; Factors that influenced companies to make workplaces safer according to a study by the British Health & Safety Executive.

Reports on the decision of the British Health and Safety Commission to start a consultation process on how the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities can better influence health and safety standards in the workplace. Examples of intervention techniques being examined.

Focuses on a European Union directive on health and safety standards in Great Britain. Compliance of non-British European businesses on the law; Responsibilities of the British Health and Safety Executive in determining the compliance of businesses with the law.

Reports on the aim of Great Britain to progress in tackling occupational health issues among employers to keep its position as one of the world leaders in workplace health and safety according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Problem with the financial penalties imposed on health and safety offenders; Decline in the average fine for health and safety offenses; Comment of Timothy Walker, HSE director general, on the lack of change to reflect the seriousness of health and safety cases.

The article focuses on findings of an exercise to benchmark process safety management performance (PSM) of high-hazard chemicals and processing sites in Great Britain. It indicates that PSM is to determine whether there is a commonality among these sites. It describes the Policy-Organising-Planning-Measuring-Audit-Review (POPMAR) model which is implemented by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It concludes that companies are given the opportunity to improved their process safety through PSM.

The article emphasizes the importance of deploying an efficient risk assessment policy that meets the occupational health and safety criteria provided by the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain as of March 2016. Topics discussed include ways in which a comprehensive risk assessment can be beneficial in the workplace such as hazard awareness, and risk identification, implementation of native risk assessment policy, and risk assessment as a legal requirement for all businesses.

The author reflects on the health and safety benefits of using condition-based maintenance (CBM) to detect and monitor potential faults and dangers in facilities. Topics covered include details relating to the statistics compiled by the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on moving-machinery related injuries in factories, the importance of risk assessment in changing health and safety guidelines, and the implementation of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER).

The article explains the Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme of the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The author explains that the FFI is the HSE's way of minimizing work-related occupational health and safety risks. Under the FFI, he states that companies may be charged if an HSE inspector finds any material breach during a site inspection. Material breach is defined as a contravention of health and safety law as determined by the HSE inspector.

The article presents a case study on the health and safety at work in Great Britain. The study concerns on two companies such as Transcrete and O'Neill Concrete Pumping which have been penalized by the Telford Magistrates' Court after a 37-year-old lorry-mounted concrete pump operator lost fingers. It mentions the claim of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Guy Dale that both of the companies should ensure the safety of the concrete pump and its critical parts.

The article reports that the government of Great Britain will establish the Independent Regulatory Challenge Panel which is tasked to take complaints of businesses regarding health and safety advice given by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authority inspectors. The independent panel will be chaired by former Environment Agency director of environment and business Tricia Henton. Businesses can raise an appeal to the panel by filling out an online form at the HSE web site.

The article reports on the claim of the British Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) that lives of workers will be at risk if inspections in high-risk industries will be lessened in Great Britain. IOSH hopes that industries where there are increased number of work-related deaths and injuries will not be excluded from the inspection. Richard Jones of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) emphasises that the organisation has a risk-based approach to its enforcement strategy.

The article reports on the need of British business enterprises to inform the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) via its website about work-related injuries and incidents under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) in 2011. It indicates that the announcement came after the RIDDOR amendment and the proposed health and safety review. It asserts that the goal of online reporting is to reduce cost.

The article discusses the health and safety issues in various workplaces in Great Britain. It notes that in 2007-2008, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported four fatal accidents, 1,703 major injuries and 9,214 accidents in the warehousing sector. It stresses the importance to the defence of a claim that comprehensive witness statements are accounted during the accident to save solicitors' costs trying to trace witnesses in the future.

The article reports on the call of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for engineering firms to avoid cut down on spending on health and safety during the recession in Great Britain. HSE Chairman Judith Hackitt has expressed concerns that cutting spending on health and safety may cause bigger problems for companies when accidents happen. According to the article, HSE is launching a new strategy aimed at promoting a campaign on health and safety.

The article reports on the warning issued by the Health and Safety Executive against unguarded machinery in engineering firms in Great Britain. The issue became critical after a bakery employee named Munaf Adam slipped and eventually damaged his three fingers which were dragged into the unguarded rollers of a machine. HSE inspector Alex Farnhill, who visited the accident site, claimed that the incident could have been entirely avoided if risks and precautions were properly assessed and ensured.

Reports on the results of a series of case studies compiled by risk management consultancy Greenstreet Berman regarding the significance of corporate board leadership to industrial health and safety in 2005. Involvement of private and pubic bodies in the case studies; Views of the British Health and Safety Executive on the results.