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HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 18 April 2023
This week’s edition includes:
– advice and resources on managing work-related stress to mark Stress Awareness Month
– details of a revision to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022
– news of recent enforcement prosecutions, including a £1 million fine issued
– links to our latest job vacancies and training opportunities
April is Stress Awareness month, a timely reminder to reach out and have conversations about stress and mental health where you work.
HSE’s statistics show 914,000 workers were suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2021/22, and 17 million working days were lost due to stress in this period.
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A worker was fatally injured when using a metal grab to unload a concrete building product from some trailers.
HSE’s investigation found that the company did not have a safe system of work for the use of the grab and had not carried out a risk assessment to identify risks for its use.
Both the grab and a forklift truck being used were in poor condition and should not have been in service at the time of the incident.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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There has been a revision to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
The date by which products placed on the GB market must be UKCA-marked has been amended to 1 January 2025. There are 2 specific exceptions to this requirement:
– qualifying Northern Ireland goods can continue to be placed on the GB market bearing the CE marking or CE and UKNI markings after 1 January 2025
– CE-marked PPE that was placed on the UK or EU markets before 1 January 2025 (before the expiry of the Transition Period) and has not yet reached its end user may continue to circulate on either market until it reaches them
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HSE training courses are delivered by experts to help organisations comply with the law and keep workforces healthy and safe.
Upcoming courses and events include:
6 June, HSE Science and Research Centre, Buxton
22 June, London
26-27 June, Live online
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