Wood dust kills campaign. Wood dust can cause serious and often irreversible health problems, including sino-nasal cancer, asthma, as well as dermatitis. As wood dust is hazardous to health, employers have a legal responsibility to prevent or adequately control exposure in the workplace.
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Disabled employees in the workplace
Disabled employees in the workplace. Disabled employees continue to struggle at work despite improvements. Disabled employees continue to face individual and wider barriers in the workplace and in the working culture, according to Business Disability Forum’s latest survey.
Importance of a drivers procedure
Importance of a drivers procedure for your haulage company. Haulage company fined after worker dies from injuries.
Safe movement of people and vehicles
Do you have a safe movement of people and vehicles procedure in place at your workplace ? A manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The man was working for AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited when the incident occurred at the firm’s Birmingham site on Bordesley GreenContinue reading “Safe movement of people and vehicles”
Temperature in the workplace
Cold weather working: Helping staff stay safe and warm by controlling the temperature in the workplace Employers are being reminded of their responsibilities to keep workers safe as cold weather continues to affect large parts of the country.
Cargo handling company fined
Cargo handling company fined after worker crushed between shipping containers. A cargo handling company has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed between shipping containers whilst working in a container park in Portsmouth.
Adapting to warmer working conditions
Adapting to warmer working conditions. Employers need to act now to make sure their workplaces are ready for warmer weather in the future.
Fire safety in construction
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the third edition of its free-to-order Fire safety in construction book, which includes an added focus on eliminating or reducing fire risks at the design stage.
Sampling for Legionella
Sampling for Legionella. Whats new? BS7592 has recently undergone a rewrite, which resulted in extensive amendments. Roy Sullivan, senior consultant at the Water Hygiene Centre, explains the changes.
Removal of telescopic ladders
Ladder association campaigns the removal of telescopic ladders from the market. A product surveillance study of telescopic leaning ladders sold online and in-store has found that 80% of the work at height equipment tested failed the required safety tests designed to keep users safe.