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Protecting Woodworkers’ Health
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. Wood...
Building Safety Act 2022
The new regulatory regime for the Building Safety Act (BSA) came into force on 1 October 2023. The Building Safety Act 2022 brings in new roles and responsibilities which don’t only affect high risk buildings.
Martyn’s Law
Since the tragic events of the Manchester bombing where sadly 22 persons were killed and as a result of the inquest and various campaigns, we now have a draft bill, the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill otherwise known as Martyn’s Law.
HSE Statistics: Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain 2023
Earlier this month, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), published its annual statistics setting out the number of work-related fatal injuries in the year to March 2023. 135 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain in 2022/23, an increase of...
The Importance of a Health & Safety Audit
Are you a business owner and worried that everything may not be in place regarding Health & Safety? Perhaps you should consider an audit.
Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The UKCA marking is the product marking used for products being placed on the market in Great Britain as a result of Brexit. The UKCA marking applies to most products for which the CE marking could be used. The mark indicates that all relevant health and safety...
Stress in the Workplace
The HSE defines work related stress as: ‘The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or othertypes of demand placed on them at work.’ If stress becomes excessive and prolonged, mental and physical ill health may developLine managers play a crucial role in...
Violence at Work
The Health and Safety Executive’s definition of work-related violence is: ‘Any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work’. HSE figures for 2019/20 reveal that there were 688,00 incidents of violence at...
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