HSE in 2009
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HSE Chair Judith Hackitt reflects on the key events and changes to British occupational health and safety in the last 12 months. Latest news: HSE launches online Strategy Pledge Forum, two construction firms involved in a major scaffolding collapse in Milton Keynes were fined £126,000 and HSE publishes interim reports on two nuclear power station designs being considered for construction in the UK. We ask HSE Infoline about health and safety myths.
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