(AGENPARL) – gio 10 novembre 2022 This week’s news and updates about health and safety at work []
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HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 10 November 2022
This week’s edition features:
– advice for those employing seasonal or temporary workers
– information about our ongoing respiratory health inspections
– details about the HSE Accident Book
– news of recent enforcement action
– links to some of our latest job vacancies
With many seasonal jobs being filled at this time of year, it is important that employers protect the health and safety of gig economy, agency and temporary workers.
Workers are as likely to have an accident in their first 6 months at work as during the whole of the rest of their working life.
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HSE’s targeted health initiative is continuing to inspect manufacturing businesses across England, Wales and Scotland.
HSE inspectors are visiting manufacturing business where these materials are used. These include brick and tile manufacturers, foundries and sites processing stone (both natural and artificial), especially those producing kitchen and bathroom worktops.
Our refreshed silica advice sheets for manufacturing and foundries will help you ensure you are protecting your workers’ health:
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Two companies have been fined a combined total of £359,000 after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver suffered fatal chest injuries while unstrapping a load on a trailer.
The worker was fatally crushed when he was hit by a pack of steel gates that fell approximately 3 metres from a load on a flatbed trailer.
HSE’s investigation found that arrangements for planning and restraining loads were inadequate to ensure the stability of goods was independent of the load straps. This meant that release of the straps did not allow the load to fall from the vehicle.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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The HSE Accident Book is a valuable document that organisations can use to record accident information.
The book contains 50 perforated accident record forms and is designed support users in complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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