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HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 17 January 2023
This week’s edition features:
– guidance on protecting workers in cold and wintry weather
– details of a safety alert issued by HSE
– an update on our musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) design awards
– news of recent enforcement action and links to some of HSE’s latest job vacancies
Make sure you protect workers during the upcoming low temperatures and wintry conditions.
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The 6-year-old pupil was playing with friends at her school when she was killed by a falling willow tree.
Several other children were hit by the falling tree but managed to escape, some with superficial injuries.
HSE’s investigation found that the tree had decayed and was in a poor condition. Newcastle City Council had failed to identify the extent of the decay or to manage the risk posed by the tree and were fined £280,000.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Exposure to vapour from diacetyl, often used as a flavouring and a by-product of coffee roasting, can lead to severe and irreversible lung disease.
HSE scientific studies show that heating diacetyl above certain temperatures significantly increases airborne concentrations and the potential for exposures above safe workplace limits.
If your processes include the use of diacetyl, food flavourings that contain diacetyl, or are likely to produce diacetyl, then you must carry out a risk assessment.
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If your business has made a design change to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace, we want to hear about it. Your business could be our 2023 award winner!
We’re encouraging businesses to nominate a design change that has made a real impact in their workplace.
Employers can nominate any design solutions implemented in UK workplaces that have demonstrated how they have reduced musculoskeletal risks for their own workers.
– The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2023
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