RoSPA Press Office : Press Releases : Occupational Safety

Bosses were urged today to play their part in the new "kill your speed campaign" by giving employees more realistic schedules when driving for business. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents believes many company car and van drivers break speed limits to cram in as many calls as possible during a day. Full Story»

Companies are failing to investigate accidents at work, and are not learning from their safety mistakes, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents warned today. All too often the tendency is to find someone to blame for the accident rather than search for the underlying cause, RoSPA says. The most important thing to establish about accidents is not simply to find out how they happened but why they were not prevented in the first place. Full Story»

Creating an accident-free culture for company car and van drivers is just one of the topics up for discussion at a series of one-day conferences organised by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Managing Occupational Road Risk (MORR) is one of RoSPA’s key issues for action and a major campaign was launched this year in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving motorists travelling for work. Full Story»

Around ten children are killed after wandering into construction sites and onto the railways or farms, every year, and half a million others are injured on work sites, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents revealed today. RoSPA is calling for all industries affected by child safety and trespass problems, to work together and learn from each other’s experiences and safety policies. Full Story»

Dee Arp of The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is the winner of a new national occupational health and safety award. Dee, an occupational health and safety trainer/consultant for RoSPA, has been presented with the ACT Anabel Jay Award for achieving the best nationwide NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) Diploma Part I result. Full Story»

Seventeen leading companies and organisations have joined RoSPA in a ‘get tough’ call to the authorities for action to reduce the number of accidents involving motorists travelling for work. They have signed a declaration with The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, urging employers to introduce tighter controls on the safety of their workers while on the road. Full Story»

Two top organisations are joining forces to provide a new course for a key qualification for health and safety professionals. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and Norwich Union Risk Services are developing a joint National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health Diploma Part II course. This is replacing the old-style NEBOSH Diploma course and supports the Part I Diploma course provided by each organisation. Full Story»

Free safety advice and guidance on how to be a "Good Neighbour" are now on offer to firms from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to mark European Health and Safety Week (Oct 19-25). In addition, RoSPA’s affiliated Occupational Health and Safety Groups will be staging a variety of events all over the country. These will help to highlight the importance of health and safety in the workplace. Full Story»

The benefits of achieving high standards of health and safety at work will be the theme of a major RoSPA conference in the autumn. Building on the success of last year’s Scottish Congress, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accident’s two-day Safety and Health Congress at the Moat House Hotel, Glasgow, (Sept 30 - Oct 1) is again being sponsored by two important companies - Scottish Power and British Energy. Full Story»

Scottish Hydro Electric has won Scotland’s top health and safety award presented by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The company will be presented with the RoSPA Scotland Award at the Glasgow Moat House on October 1. Scottish Hydro Electric will receive the trophy for achieving the highest standard of entry by a Scottish company in the Society’s national awards scheme. Full Story»