Intelligent Risk Management
A highly contentious proposed change to civil liability laws in relation to breaches of health and safety duties has been included in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which is currently working its way through the House of Commons prior to being sent to the Lords.
Figures announced yesterday by the Environment Agency show serious industrial pollution incidents have fallen to their lowest level for over a decade, whilst pollution incidents in the water and waste sectors, the largest permitted sectors, almost doubled last year – from 65 to 120.
Provisional figures published yesterday by the HSE on workplace ill health and injury in Britain showed a slight fall in a number of key areas.
