Author: Scottish Hazards

TweetAll I wanted for Christmas Louise Taggart, Scottish Hazards Trustee There will have been empty seats at Christmas dinner tables across the country because loved ones have departed this earth too soon.  A multitude of reasons for that exist, but

TweetOne of the biggest fires in Glasgow’s history took place 50 years today in a furniture and glass warehouse in James Watt Street claiming the lives of 22 workers, less than half a mile from where 19 Glasgow Fire Service

Tweet  At our conference last week Claire Baker MSP launched her proposals for a Bill to amend the law of Culpable Homicide to ensure families who lose loved ones through the reckless or negligent actions of company bosses and the

Tweet  Earlier this year Scottish Hazards submitted requests under Freedom of Information seeking information on stress and mental ill health across a number of public bodies, we asked questions relating to staffing levels before and after the economic crash, general

TweetEnough is Enough! Health and Safety Cuts Cost Lives It’s that time again folks, time to book your place to join us at our annual conference, being held at the STUC in Glasgow, 10am ’til 4pm on Thursday 8 November

TweetLatest figures for health and safety interventions by Local Authority Environmental Health Departments show a concerning picture’ indicating authorities are dancing to the Tory Government’s ideological tune and using their deregulatory agenda to justify cuts in health and safety visits

TweetToday marks the 30th anniversary of Piper Alpha when a number 0f explosions ripped through the offshore installation killing 167 workers and left the lives of 61 survivors and their families changed forever as the impact of surviving such a tragedy

TweetScottish Health & Safety Campaigner, founder member of Families Against Corporate Killing and Scottish Hazards Trustee Louise Taggart has been named as the most influential person in health and safety for 2018 by the UK wide organisation Safety and Health

TweetOne year on from the tragic events in London where 72 people lost their lives in the fire at Grenfell Tower Scottish Hazards are launching Enough is Enough, reclaiming safety regulation to campaign against deregulation , and for the reversal

TweetWhile the super rich get even richer by exploiting tax laws and workers rights allowing them to participate in the psychophantic courting of celebrity highlighted in this Guardian article the plight of those who look after them appears to be