News

25 May 2023

The Building Mental Health Alliance of which we are a lead partner have reached a major milestone with a mental health module added to the CSR Card one day health and safety course for operatives. Started late last year the module has been delivered..

19 May 2023

  A new fixed penalty notice of £100 and three penalty points has been introduced to help tackle careless driving in Northern Ireland. In 2021, 486 people were sadly killed or seriously injured as a result of collisions on our roads wher..

5 May 2023

Larne harbour was the venue for last month's workshop on EV and Lithium battery safety. Hosted by P & O Ferries, Larne Harbour, and NI Safety Group this highly educational event brought together over 60 attendees to not only listen to a range..

28 April 2023

Following a joint investigation by HSENI and Police Service for Northern Ireland into the death of a patient at Mid Ulster Hospital in 2014, the Northern Health and Social Care Trust has been fined £10,000 at Coleraine Crown Court after pl..

27 April 2023

Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 takes place from 15th May to 21st May and the theme this year is anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion but sometimes it can become overwhelming and turn into a mental health issue. Lots of factors can contribute: rel..

13 April 2023

To mark Workers' Memorial Day (28th April), a day of remembrance for workers who have lost their lives due to workplace injuries or illnesses we would encourage you to support the HSENI initiative on ‘falls from height’. Using their ..

7 April 2023

HSENI, has announced that it will carry out a workplace transport safety inspection campaign at concrete premises, commencing on Monday 17 April 2023. During the campaign, which will run until July, HSENI Inspectors will conduct focused inspections ..

4 April 2023

The long trip to Sligo didn’t deter our Northern Ireland representatives from acquitting themselves very well at the All Ireland Quiz Finals last weekend. Held in the Radisson Blu hotel teams from all over Ireland compete for the highly c..

28 March 2023

Thanks to Health & Safety Review for this article/checklist by Margaret Kirby. What is different about this checklist is it was created following a court case where an injury was sustained from lifting above the shoulder.&nbs..

18 March 2023

A leading health and safety coalition has issued a call to arms for the Government to scrap the arbitrary deadlines of the EU Retained Law Bill to help the UK retain its position as a beacon of health and safety. Joint statement  “Gi..

14 March 2023

The Public Health Agency (PHA) use ReachDeck to translate their messages into different languages. This is a terrific tool to use if you want to pass on a PHA message to foreign workers. For example, the image at the start of this article shows the..

11 March 2023

HSENI are reminding all companies in the food industry to ensure that they have robust control measures in place to prevent serious injury to those responsible for operating, cleaning and maintaining dicing machines. A worker recently suffered life-..