Slough, Berkshire… Toyota Material Handling UK is launching a major safety campaign for 2012 entitled ‘Taking Care with Toyota’. The campaign features a number of initiatives for customers, prospects, and for their own team, all designed to help reduce injury... (Continue reading)

Cork… The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Ireland has urged companies to take health and safety seriously – because of money saved by reducing accidents at work. The call came in Cork during the launch by IOSH president... (Continue reading)

Dublin… Taking Care of Business is a new wide-ranging initiative being undertaken by the Health & Safety Authority designed to support and assist small businesses to deal with health and safety in their workplaces. The aim of the programme is... (Continue reading)

Dublin… Following a recent incident involving the failure of a passenger lift where the lift car dropped four floors in an uncontrolled manner, the Health & Safety Authority has issued a safety alert – for the attention of employers, property... (Continue reading)

Manchester… The September conference of TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network, heard that while there has been a significant reduction in the number of serious accidents on the roads of Europe there is a growing menace of drug driving, along... (Continue reading)

Alton, Hampshire… According to new statistics highlighted by the Forklift Truck Association during Britain’s annual National Fork Lift Safety Week, the road transport industry has now by far the worst forklift truck safety record in the UK, accounting for around... (Continue reading)

Nearly two thirds of children (63%) believe their parents are aggressive drivers, while13% say they are embarrassed by Mum and Dad’s driving. This is according to a Continental Tyres survey of 1,000 kids in the UK and Ireland. 23% said... (Continue reading)

A new H&SA guide ‘Safe Handling of Cattle on Farms’, launched at the recent National Conference on Health and Safety in Agriculture, says that while all work with cattle involves some level of risk - and that, while many people... (Continue reading)

The Health and Safety Authority has issued a warning to ambulance operators following a fatal accident in which an ambulance crew member fell to his death when the side access door to the passenger area opened while the vehicle was... (Continue reading)

California… The US State of California is close to passing legislation designed to give a measure of protection to cyclists on rural roads and urban streets. Dubbed the 3 feet 15mph law, it will require motorists to leave 3ft when... (Continue reading)