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Two steps forward, one step back

WEBThe Agency was renamed as the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) in 1998. Based in Belfast, its statutory functions are similar to HSE’s. It aims to …

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History of Occupational Safety and Health

WEBIn May 1970, Barbara Castle, Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity in the Labour Government, established a Committee of Inquiry under the chairmanship of Lord …

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Reflections on Robens

WEBReflections on Robens – fifty years after. It is widely acknowledged that the Robens report, published in 1972, led to fundamental change in the approach to the management and …

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People: Hale, Andrew

WEBProfessor Andrew Hale has made an outstanding contribution in promoting the cause of health and safety at work at an international level, helping to develop the subject as an …

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Unravelling the maze

WEBThe Robens report, published in 1972, led to the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA), the creation of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and …

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What difference did Robens make

WEBHealth and safety outcomes and data sources to be covered by the analysis. Fatal workplace injuries: RIDDOR back to 1986/87, together with reports under earlier …

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Lawrence Waterman

WEBLawrence Waterman. Lawrence was the Head of Health and Safety for the Olympic Delivery Authority and Chairman of Sypol, one of the UK’s leading health, safety and …

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Industry Sectors

WEBIndustry Sectors. As can be seen from the information in the Timeline and Brief History, various industries have emerged – and some have died over the last two hundred years …

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Government Reviews

WEBCmnd. 5034. Volume 1 contains the report by a Committee of Inquiry appointed in 1970 by the British Government to review legislation on safety and health, determine whether …

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The Act that changed our working lives

WEBJuly 2014 Safety Management 13 Feature The Health and Safety at Work Act enters the statute books, as reported by our predecessor publication Safety and Rescue in 1974. …

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History of Occupational Safety and Health in Agriculture

WEBFollowing the publication of David Eves’ paper Two steps forward, one step back, posted on the History of Occupational Safety and Health website and which chronicles the …

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The Union Safety Rep: a very short history

WEBfoundry in the town where a man had been severely burned in the face with molten metal. The facts of it were almost unbelievable. They had a rainwater pipe running

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MIDAS Memories: 50th Anniversary of the Foot and Mouth …

WEBMIDAS Memories: 50th Anniversary of the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967/68. by David Mattey Health and Safety Executive HM Chief Agricultural Inspector 1996-2000

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