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4 March 2023

Managers can improve team wellbeing in many ways is this week's joint article with Inspire Wellbeing.  Did you know - Managers can have a greater impact on the mental health of their team members than a therapist or a doctor. Tha..

28 February 2023

In a recent press release IOSH urges UK businesses to take better care of their workforce, or risk greater uncertainty. New research commissioned by IOSH paints a gloomy picture of the UK workplace as a demotivated world of insecurity and weak ..

27 February 2023

Last Friday night witnessed an enjoyable and very hard fought quiz with scores between the top teams being very close. Winners of the Previous Entrants category - Hyster Yale Group The winning team with Quiz Sponsor Bill McAllister, Safety A..

25 February 2023

Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway causing cables to land in the path of passing vehicles. In one incident, an overhead cable the workers..

23 February 2023

Angry thinking  is the subject of this week's joint article with Inspire Wellbeing. We all have irrational thoughts, which keep us caught in anger. These errors in thinking are defence mechanisms that we have learned. They generally cause u..

18 February 2023

Following an investigation by the HSENI, fines totalling £50,000 have  been handed down (15 February 2023) to three defendants at Belfast Crown Court. The investigation followed a workplace fatality which took place in Enniskillen on..

18 February 2023

The purpose of this safety alert is to raise awareness of the risks associated with the use of emery cloth on rotating machinery. Introduction HSENI have investigated a number of accidents in which workers became entangled in rotating machinery, ea..

13 February 2023

This 34 second video produced by the Road Safety Commission of Australia is about towing a caravan. It aptly demonstrates what happens with poor weight distribution. It’s a good clip to start a toolbox talk no matter what ..

4 February 2023

With food inflation still rising (13.8% in January, up from 13.3% in December according to the British Retail Consortium) this week’s joint article with Inspire is on getting support with food, pets and living expenses. It lists how to get a r..

4 February 2023

NI Safety Group and member Adman Civil Projects both feature in the ROSPA journal for winning the Safety Groups UK Innovation Award. Download the pdf below to find out more. ..

3 February 2023

HSE press release A care home provider has been fined £400k after an eight-year-old girl suffered catastrophic injuries when a tree fell on her. Bupa Care Homes (CFHCare) Limited pleaded guilty after it failed to provide a system to mana..

2 February 2023

HSENI working with industry professionals, has produced a series of six video presentations outlining the risks involved with welding and the controls that should be in place to protect workers. Welding and respiratory ill health David Fishwick is ..