APIL warns against watering down Directive
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) not to water down but to implement in full a European Directive to prevent so-called ‘sharp injuries’. APIL was responding to a HSE consultation on the subject. In its response, APIL stated that the draft regulations were ambiguous and contained […]
Workers need continued protection against ‘sharps’
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has published details of its response to a HSE consultation over a changes to ‘sharps’ regulations. In its response, IOSH highlighted the need for people in all professions to continue to be protected when working with sharp medical instruments, and warned the regulator against excluding non-medical workers from […]
