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For better or reverse

This July, HSE prosecuted two cases in which two workers were killed by reversing HGVs. They shared striking similarities.

By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2025

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Echoes, not mirrors: Learning lessons from history

To anyone outside the occupational safety and health (OSH) field, the job may appear deceptively simple. First, we identify hazards, then we create solutions, and finally, we watch risks disappear into history.

By Mike Robinson FCA on 01 September 2025

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Lack of first aid skills leave a third of workers feeling powerless, finds St John Ambulance study

Four in five employees genuinely care for colleagues, but couldn’t help them in an emergency such if they had a cardiac arrest or were severely bleeding, new research from St John Ambulance has found.

By Belinda Liversedge on 29 August 2025

Safety Management Magazine News

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Nation in declining health as UK marks pandemic anniversary (1)

Around one in seven (14 per cent) UK adults have experienced a long-term health condition because of the virus.

By Belinda Liversedge on 25 March 2025

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HSE defends use of AI for protecting workers at AGM

By Belinda Liversedge on 12 August 2025

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Safety Management Magazine features

Asbestos

The compelling case for mandatory UKAS accreditation in asbestos surveying

With recent HSE research concluding that asbestos site surveys from UKAS-accredited companies and surveyors consistently deliver higher quality results than their non-accredited counterparts, the time has arrived for the Government and HSE to introduce mandatory UKAS accreditation for all organisations providing asbestos surveying services.

By Robert Southall, Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATaC) on 02 September 2025

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Why it’s time for a new national asbestos strategy

By Campaign team, Asbestos Information CIC on 01 September 2025

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For better or reverse

By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2025

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Gas detection – the rise of smart systems

By Becca Dodds, Draeger Safety UK on 26 August 2025

Safety Management Prosecutions

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Firm found guilty of asbestos failings in refurb of former Unicorn pub in Manchester

A1 Property Maintenance Management Limited was principal contractor during work at the former Unicorn Pub on Liverpool Road in Greater Manchester where it was discovered that workers had been exposed to asbestos.

By Belinda Liversedge on 13 August 2025

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Charles Pickles

Why a fourth wave of British asbestos deaths is imminent

Although in past years asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths have been associated with exposures among construction and related trades working on the fabric of buildings, emerging evidence suggests that future cases of mesothelioma will be dominated by those exposed as children and teachers in schools in recent years, today and in the future.

By Charles Pickles, Airtight on Asbestos on 02 September 2025

Richard Blunt

Asbestos: the public’s right to know

By Richard Blunt, Mesothelioma UK on 02 September 2025

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Echoes, not mirrors: Learning lessons from history

By Mike Robinson FCA on 01 September 2025

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