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Weekly Digest ebulletin
HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 31 January 2023
This week’s edition includes:
– guidance on preventing work-related lung diseases, ahead of World Cancer Day
– links to advice and information on managing workplace risks to volunteers
– news of recent enforcement action
– details of HSE’s Safe Net Zero conference, being held in March
Each year, it is estimated that 12,000 people die from work-related lung diseases linked to exposure during their working lives – including lung cancer.
If you work with certain dusts, gases, fumes and vapours in the workplace, it’s important that you understand the risks and protect workers’ health by using effective control measures. Employers have a legal responsibility to protect their workers’ from ill health.
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A company has been fined £400,000 after an 8-year-old girl suffered serious crush injuries when a tree fell on her.
The girl was out for an evening jog with her father. As she was running on a pavement outside the entrance to the care home, a lime tree fell on her, causing injuries that resulted in her having her leg amputated.
It was subsequently discovered that the tree was diseased with a common fungus and had likely been rotting for several years before the accident. HSE’s investigation found that Bupa Care Homes had failed to have a strategy in place to manage trees.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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HSE has guidance on how to manage the risks to volunteers.
The pages provide some specific advice for volunteers who manage non-domestic premises such as village and community halls, as well as guidance on charity retail and fundraising.
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HSE is one of the UK’s market surveillance authorities, which monitors and enforces legal requirements on the safety (including risks to health) of most products used in the workplace.
HSE has a duty to notify the Secretary of State about unsafe or non-compliant products and of the measures taken and communicated by an economic operator.
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21 – 22 March 2023,
QEII Exhibition Centre, London
The UK is rapidly progressing some of the world’s most innovative hydrogen projects as part of the energy mix it requires to meet 2050’s net zero target.
HSE is bringing together those working to safely develop and deploy hydrogen technologies for 2 days of insight, discussion and networking.
Building upon the success of our previous events, ‘Safe Net Zero 2023 – Hydrogen’ promises an exciting agenda, packed with the very latest information and thinking from government, industry and academia.
You can get all the latest news and updates from HSE across a range of industries and topics.
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Testo Allegato:
COMUNICATO STAMPATorino, 31 gennaio 2023SICUREZZA SUL LAVORO, FIRMATO QUESTA MATTINA IL PROTOCOLLO PER I CANTIERI EDILI NEL CUNEESE. L’ASSESSORE REGIONALE ALLA SANITA’, LUIGI ICARDI: «IMPEGNO COMUNE PER LA PREVENZIONE DEGLI INFORTUNI» Firmato questa mattina in Prefettura a Cuneo il Protocollo d’intesa per la sicurezza e la regolarità nei cantieri edili nella provincia granda. A sottoscrivere il documento Regione Piemonte, Prefettura di Cuneo, enti e istituzioni ispettive e associazioni di categoria sindacali e datoriali.«Il Protocollo – spiega l’assessore alla Sanità del Piemonte, Luigi Genesio Icardi, presente al momento della firma – rappresenta uno strumento per migliorare la sicurezza e la salute dei lavoratori che nel Cuneese operano nel settore edile. L’obiettivo è quello di sviluppare utili sinergie per la piena attuazione delle norme in materia di salute, sicurezza e regolarità del lavoro, mirando alla riduzione di infortuni, malattie professionali e dumping contrattuale. Le parti si impegnano a predisporre iniziative formative e di sensibilizzazione e a far applicare il rispetto delle disposizioni in tema di sicurezza sul lavoro e regolarità a imprese affidatarie, imprese esecutrici e stazioni appaltanti».Il Protocollo, in vigore da oggi, ha durata quinquennale e potrà essere rinnovato o modificato mediante accordo scritto tra le parti.Osvaldo Bellino336.233497Ufficio stampa Assessorato regionale alla SanitàGiorgia Rapello331.3956333Ufficio stampa Assessorato regionale alla Sanità