News Updates

Health and Safety Authority highlights risk of Injuries to  Dock and Port workers The docks industry is generally considered to be a high-risk industry. Merchant ships can be hazardous workplaces and port workers and seafarers who work together at the ship/shore interface in our ports and docks can suffer serious injuries. Speaking about the daily […]

In Ireland the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the supervisory authority over Irish Water and to ensure the provision of safe public water supplies. In the recent past two significant adverse incidents at the Gorey and Ballymore Eustace water treatment plants, which put the health of approx. 885,000 people at risk, highlighted significant failings in the oversight management in these plants.

Health Regulator Issues Safety update for reported side effects from Covid-19 Vaccines The Irish Health Product Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has to-date received over 20,000 reports of suspected side effects from Covid-19 Vaccines . The HPRA System is based on voluntary reporting so therefore not all suspected side effects will have been reported. These are those […]

HSA warn Mechanics about risk of injury from exposure to hazardous chemicals The Health and Safety Authority has issued a safety warning to workers in the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry about the risk of exposure to different hazards including hazardous chemicals. In the written safety notice the HSE warned employers to ensure that they have […]

Recall for Zimmer Biomet NexGen Knee Replacement Implant. The NexGen knee device had a higher overall revision rate than other similar devices and issues over aseptic loosening of the implant.