68% of UK industry at risk of failing on-the-spot Health and Safety Executive inspection

New research has found that nearly one-fifth (17%) of UK industries, from renewables and telecoms to defence and transport, have received enforcement action at some point due to fixed and movable assets not meeting HSE compliance standards, with over 10% receiving an HSE fine Nearly 50% of organisations said that their asset data isn’t sufficiently detailed, nor updated or recorded accurately enough, to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other HSE regulations that apply to their sectors 86% of respondents said they would like to see improvements to their asset management systems 42% still use paper-based methods to record, update, and store critical maintenance data, with over half using Excel 7 in 10 organisations operating … Continue reading 68% of UK industry at risk of failing on-the-spot Health and Safety Executive inspection