Latest News in Health, Safety & the Environment

 New figures released earlier this month indicate the number of workers killed in Britain last year has fallen to the lowest annual rate on record. Provisional data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals that 133 workers were fatally injured between April 2013 and March 2014, compared with 150 in the previous year. Also released were the latest number of deaths from mesothelioma,...

HSE have proposed to align domestic legislation with the EU direct acting Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation (CLP). Consultative Document CD269 seeks views on these proposals. CLP, which implements in the EU the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS) on the classification and labelling of chemicals, comes fully into force in June 2015. An amending directive with a transposition...

A brand new qualification from NEBOSH is already proving to be an excellent way for companies to improve employee awareness of environmental impacts and risk controls. The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work qualification is suitable for all industry sectors and has been specifically designed to improve environmental awareness among the general workforce. We have found that employers are finding...

The draft new 14001 standard should be available around September 2014. There will be an opportunity to comment on and help shape the standard. The final revised standard should be available mid 2015. Over 250,000 organisations are certified to ISO 14001 and while it continues to be as relevant as ever, the revision will take into consideration a number of issues to ensure organisations are able...

We have a NEBOSH National General Certificate course running 2 days a week in June/ July 2014 - places available! The NEBOSH National General Certificate provides an excellent foundation in occupational safety and health for all types of organisations. It helps its holders manage risk effectively by covering a broad range of topics, and is ideal for: Managers, supervisors, employee representatives. Those...

 We have a forthcoming 1 day IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Course on 30th April 2014 The course aims to provide Senior Executives of organisations with an understanding of their health and safety role and how this should influence their strategic thinking and holistic risk management systems/procedures.  The course covers: Overview & update on Health & Safety Senior...