 HSE and the Department for Transport have worked with stakeholders to create new 'Driving and riding safely for work' webpages. For most people, driving or riding will be the most dangerous work activity they do. Around one third of all road traffic collisions (RTCs) in Britain involve someone driving or riding as part of their job and countless other RTCs involve people travelling to or from their workplace. Although the risks cannot be completely controlled, employers or companies who engage drivers and riders must take all reasonable steps to manage these risks and do everything reasonably practicable to protect people from harm in the same way as they would in a fixed workplace. Our new webpages contain clear, simple guidance: - for employers and those who engage drivers and riders on how to make sure the journey, driver and vehicle are safe
- for workers and those who drive and ride for work on their responsibilities
| A fencing manufacturer and the owner of the yard where the business operates, have been fined following the death of an employee at the site. A telescopic forklift used to move timber was lifted too high and tipped over, knocking over some stacked timber which fell on to the employee, resulting in his death. Read this press release for more details. Other recent enforcement news includes: HSE has released a new online Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC) Tool. It has been designed to simplify the process of completing each assessment, with a logical step-by-step approach, saving your assessors time in populating and interpreting the results manually. The new tool can be accessed here. You can join us for a live webinar demonstration of the MSD tool on the below dates. Just follow the link to sign up to the webinar:  Closing date: 20 September We are looking for 48 Trainee Health and Safety Inspectors to join our team across multiple divisions and are recruiting in various locations across the UK. Working across a wide geographic area, you will begin your career in a training programme involving a combination of field and classroom based training culminating in a post-graduate level qualification and promotion to the career grade for an Inspector. This is an exciting opportunity to undergo a fully-funded and NEBOSH accredited Regulator's Training Programme (RTP) Find out more information and/or apply here To see a full list of our current job vacancies visit this page. | On 19 October at 10.30am, join a webinar to discover new data solutions to help you solve your health and safety challenges. In this free webinar a panel of HSE experts and collaborators will present how we aim to use data and analytical techniques to provide new insights and approaches to help to reduce injuries and fatalities from workplace activity. Businesses are collecting and using more data than ever before and the key to dealing with this wealth of information is to understand it and turn it to your advantage, gaining insight into the working lives of your people and your social and physical environment. We'll also talk through how this could be applied to your workplace and answer any questions you might have. Register your interest here and secure an invitation HSE has published a range of guidance and advice, to help make your workplace a safer place. It includes information on: - First aid
First aid requirements in non-healthcare settings, as well as first aid cover and qualifications, during the pandemic
- Drivers
Dutyholders at sites where loading and/or unloading takes place must take reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of drivers delivering and collecting
- Hand sanitiser and surface disinfectants
Guidance for employers who are providing hand sanitiser for their workers and others to use in their workplaces For all the latest information and advice visit our coronavirus web pages. | 
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