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Government announce relaxation of Health and Safety laws

By Paul-Corrigan @ Sep 17, 2012 in Accidents at Work
17
Sep

The government are to relax the rules on health and safety regulation, it was announced last week. The changes, which are set to come into force in April 2013, will see over 3000 regulations either scrapped or overhauled. Business Secretary Vince Cable made the announcement on Monday 10th...

Nineteen die in workplace accidents in North West

17
Dec

Recent figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed that the number of workplace injuries in the North West are still at a high level, with 19 deaths attributable to workplace accidents in 2009/10. The figures released last month reported 3,215 major injuries in...

Alarming figures highlight the dangers of fork lift trucks

12
Oct

Figures recently published by the Fork Lift Truck Association have highlighted the dangers faced by many employees from fork lift trucks in the work place.  The alarming statistics were revealed as part of the recent National Fork Lift Safety Week 2010,  and show that up to 43 people...