Tag: worker
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Epicore and DuPont Collaborate on Wearable Tech to Combat Heat Stress and Improve Worker Safety
Epicore Biosystems (Epicore) and DuPont Personal Protection have announced a new collaboration aimed at exploring ways to enhance worker safety through wearable technology and advanced protective clothing. The partnership brings together Epicore’s wearable hydration monitoring platform with DuPont’s expertise in personal protective garments. The goal: to investigate how biometric data and physiological tracking can help mitigate…
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Worker suffers life-changing injuries after falling 6m through roof
Croft suffered life-changing injuries, including five cranial fractures, 10 fractured ribs, a cranial bleed, hearing loss and fractures to his spine, eye socket, cheek, wrist and shoulder. He also suffered a collapsed left lung and a pulmonary embolism. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Contractor and roofing firm fined after worker injured in fall from height
Roofrite (Shropshire) Ltd, of Atcham Business Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, pleaded guilty to breaching three charges of Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was fined £8,000. It was ordered to pay costs of £2,990 at a hearing at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court on 19 May 2025. View the original article and our Inspiration…
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Worker safety is in jeopardy if we don’t protect NIOSH
Sandra J. Domeracki is a clinical professor in the Community Health Systems Department in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Opinions are the author’s own. On April 1, thousands of Health and Human Services workers arrived at work to find their identification badges failed to let them into their jobsite.…
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Worker safety is in jeopardy if we don’t protect NIOSH
Sandra J. Domeracki is a clinical professor in the Community Health Systems Department in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Opinions are the author’s own. On April 1, thousands of Health and Human Services workers arrived at work to find their identification badges failed to let them into their jobsite.…
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Track trolley runs away after worker deactivates automatic brake system
As a result of its investigation, RAIB has identified two “learning points”. These are the importance of staff not rendering the braking system ineffective when working with trolleys of this type; and the importance of controllers of site safety accompanying work groups to personally observe and advise them. View the original article and our Inspiration…
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‘I can’t find any help’: Employers scramble to solve worker shortages caused by immigration crackdowns
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump’s statement in an April 15 Fox Noticias interview that his administration would “work with” undocumented immigrants who self-deport from the country and return them to the U.S. “if they’re good, if we want them…
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Developer fined after young worker crushed to death by concrete blocks
Piper Homes has been fined £300,000 after a 33-year-old kitchen fitter was crushed to death by a pack of concrete blocks at a site in the Cotswolds. Martin Dunford, from Pocklington in Yorkshire, had been working near Chipping Campden where Piper Homes was the principal contractor on the construction of a residential development. The Health…
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Keltbray track worker narrowly misses train travelling at 100mph
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found that the worker, who was carrying out telecommunications cable testing at the time of the incident, had crossed the bridge without an effective safe system of work in place, despite being aware of the risks in doing so. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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More worker benefits can lead to improved mental health, studies show
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Construction workers often struggle with mental health issues, but the keys to improving the well-being of the industry’s workforce may be straightforward and attainable. Construction workers die by suicide at a higher rate than the national average,…