Good physical fitness and mobility can help to reduce the risk of workers suffering slips, trips and falls, so it makes sense to encourage staff to improve their coordination, balance and strength, through simple exercises and activities.
By Chloe Miller, freelance writer on 04 August 2025
A company’s management may be sceptical about the value of an external occupational health and safety audit, but done well, they are a great way to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in safety policies, systems and performance.
By Phil Pinnington, British Safety Council on 01 August 2025
Helena Bourdillon has survived and triumphed over chronic depression and now freedives to world-beating depths. A star speaker at SHW Live this year in London, her success she says is built on a philosophy of trust, which she nurtures through her five tools. We take a deep dive to explore how this approach can be applied to reducing stress at work.
By Belinda Liversedge on 31 July 2025
PASMA cards are a reliable way of checking operatives have been properly trained to correctly build and safely use mobile access towers, tower scaffolds and low level access equipment. However, it’s essential to carefully check things like the type of tower they are qualified on before allowing them to begin work on-site.
By Don Aers, PASMA on 02 May 2025
Whether dealing with the public in their homes or working in remote locations, lone workers face a variety of risks to their health, safety and wellbeing. It’s therefore vital that employers systematically identify and assess the specific hazards lone workers face and then implement suitable measures to mitigate them.
By Naz Dossa, Peoplesafe on 06 June 2025
Conducting 150,000 interviews in 140 countries, Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s World Risk Poll is uniquely positioned to tell us about harm at work. But can information also spur change?
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 June 2025
Engineered stone dust contains up to 95 per cent silica, and younger workers are dying in its wake from a disease known as accelerated silicosis. Are we going fast enough to address the problem?
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 May 2025
The hazards and risks on construction sites constantly change as a project progresses, but carefully designed and placed signboards can both communicate crucial safety instructions and reinforce the employer’s expectations in terms of everyday safe behaviour.
By Kevin Rowe, SafetyBuyer on 20 May 2025
A free-to-access database of underground pipes and cables in the UK is helping contractors to avoid dangerous and disruptive accidental asset strikes during digging works – and looks set for further expansion as more utility owners sign up.
By Richard Broome, LSBUD (LinesearchbeforeUdig) on 19 May 2025
People with Tourette syndrome often face barriers to employment and are subject to stigma and even ridicule due to misunderstanding about the condition's symptoms. However, employers can make a real difference towards supporting people with Tourette's to enter and thrive at work, starting with creating a culture of understanding and inclusion among work teams. Safety Management spoke to Ione Georgakis from the charity Tourettes Action to find out more.
By Ione Georgakis, Tourettes Action on 13 May 2025
By embedding social sustainability principles into their policies and operations, organisations can not only improve quality of life for their employees, workers in their supply chains and the communities they interact with, but boost their business resilience, productivity and reputation.
By Agnes Chruszcz, IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) on 01 April 2025
Employers may need to carry out measurements of hand-arm vibration from hand-held tools and machinery to identify if workers are at risk of debilitating and permanent damage to their fingers, hands and arms, but it’s essential the measurement equipment is used in the correct way.
By Tim Turney, Casella on 18 March 2025
Machinery can deteriorate, malfunction or become unsafe when water or dust enters or if operators wrongly insert tools into the enclosure. It’s therefore vital to purchase plant that has been independently assessed to ensure it is robust enough to cope with the environment and the ways in which it will be used.
By Darren Hugheston-Roberts, TÜV SÜD on 10 March 2025
