Finally, guidance on how social housing providers should take care of the electrical installations they manage has been launched, with a reception at the Houses of Parliament yesterday.
More worker deaths are caused by falls from height than any other kind of work-related incident in the UK, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Alastair Hogg, sales director at MSA Safety, recaps on what we have learned from the
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is advising contractors and distributors to check their cable choices carefully following the discovery of significant quantities of substandard arctic grade flex this year. December has, to date, seen a continuation of the problem with suspected substandard
EucoLight, the European WEEE lighting trade association, is hosting a half day workshop on 17 Oct in Brussels to discuss the scale of the online non-compliance problem.
On 4 July 2018, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published the provisional statistics concerning fatal injuries that occurred in 2017/2018[1]. The HSE noted: “a total of 144 workers were killed at work in Great Britain in 2017/18 … In statistical terms
Four M Group Services businesses have been presented with Occupational Health & Safety Awards by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Morrison Utility Services (MUS) was named Winner of the Commercial Industry Sector Award. It is the eighth year
Magnetic components specialist ETAL Group has achieved accreditation for power and signal applications to the latest ISO9001:2015 quality standard, well ahead of the deadline for compliance.
Safer by Design, the fifth Product Safety Conference hosted by Electrical Safety First, will be held at Church House, Westminster, on 17 November. The conference will offer presentations on topical issues, including methods of identifying foreseeable misuse, using relevant data and intelligence
The Electrical Safety Roundtable is making new strides to help reduce hazards in the home. The growing industry forum is cementing its reputation for building consensus and developing industry led solutions to longstanding issues with the launch of a new website and
The 182 new MPs who recently entered Parliament might well be shocked at the briefing they have received from Electrical Safety First. The Charity, which is dedicated to reducing deaths and accidents caused by electricity, has written to the ‘class of 2015’
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