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Explosion at West Bengal firecracker factory prompts call for greater enforcement

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 September 2023

The West Bengal government led by the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) and West Bengal police have been accused by opposition parties of failing to take sufficient action to close down illegal firecracker factories after a massive blast at a firecracker plant at a village in Duttapukur claimed the lives of at least nine people.

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Home but not alone

By Phil Pinnington, British Safety Council on 20 September 2023

The post-pandemic shift to home and hybrid working poses challenges for ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of workers, but the starting point should always be the careful assessment, discussion and management of risks like home workstations, electrical dangers and mental wellbeing.

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There’s an app for that

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 September 2023

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Construction: a risky business

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 September 2023

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Made to move

By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023

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Network Rail fined £1.2m after man crushed inside machine

By Belinda Liversedge on 01 September 2023

Network Rail has been fined £1.2 million after its failure to implement a safe system of work caused a long-standing employee and grandfather to be killed.

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Safe skies maintained, but at what cost?

By Mike Robinson on 06 September 2023

At the time of writing, the facts are still emerging about why thousands of UK flights had to be cancelled or delayed on August bank holiday Monday. But the incident raises vital questions for safety professionals everywhere.

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The impact of insolvency on health and safety duties

By Laura White, Pinsent Masons on 01 September 2023

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The role of evidence in workplace safety and health

By Dr Sarah Cumbers, Lloyds Register Foundation on 21 August 2023

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How will the courts view reasonable practicability in the age of coronavirus?

By Chaired by Belinda Liversedge on 14 September 2020

In our latest edition of A Safer Conversation, two experts discuss the concept of reasonable practicability in the age of coronavirus.

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Redefining workplace wellbeing – Part II

By Anna Ryland, British Safety Council on 27 May 2019

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A safer conversation: respiratory disease - Part I

By Iris Cepero on 07 February 2017

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A safer conversation: work-related road safety

By Iris Cepero on 20 August 2015