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1. HSE: toothless and inviting more workplace disasters?
   

   Health and safety enforcement in Britain is "withering away" and Scotland has been hit particularly hard, researchers have suggested. Figures obtained by the University of Stirling’s Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group (OEHRG) show that the number of people employed by the HSE has dropped b...

   News | 27 Oct 2008

2. HSE: toothless and inviting more workplace disasters?
   

   I completely agree with OEHRG, particularly that more HSE inspectors will not improve enforcement. We will have to wait and see if the new body in Scotland makes a difference, but how many lives will it take? If the new body relies on cases referred to it by the HSE, then the scope for improvement will be very limited. In the meantime nothing changes in the remainder of the UK. Being sceptical (!), is the settin...

   Comment | 29 Oct 2008