(AGENPARL) – gio 08 settembre 2022 This week’s news and updates about health and safety at work []
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HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 8 September 2022
This week’s issue contains advice on making sure young and other vulnerable workers are protected in the workplace.
In addition, we have information on how and when to report workplace accidents. There are also details of some recent prosecutions, news of upcoming training opportunities HSE is running, and links to our latest job vacancies.
Young people are likely to be new to the workplace and so are at more risk of injury in the first six months of a job, as they may be less aware of risks.
When you employ young people under the age of 18, you have the same responsibilities for their health, safety and welfare as you do for other workers. This applies whether they are:
– a worker
– on work experience
– an apprentice
– older workers
– lone workers
– new and expectant mothers
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Two companies and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was fatally injured while working on a house-build construction site.
The worker was clearing debris from manholes at a house-build construction site when a colleague was asked if he could move the work van to allow another vehicle to pass. However, he was not aware that the worker was lying on the road with his head and torso in a manhole, directly in front of the van.
As the vehicle moved forwards one of the wheels entered the top of the manhole and made contact with the victim, who was taken to hospital but later died as a result of serious crush injuries.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Make sure you submit a RIDDOR report for a workplace accident where necessary…
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HSE delivers a wide range of innovative and relevant training courses and events, both online and in-person…
Our training courses are developed to include practical guidance around regulations. They are delivered by experts to help organisations comply with the law and keep workforces healthy and safe.
(20 October, Buxton)
(18-19 October, live online)
(17 November, London)
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