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*HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin*
*Issued: 5 October 2023
This week’s edition includes: 
* details about the health and safety law poster that must be displayed for all workers to read or be provided as an equivalent leaflet 
* information on our latest health inspection campaign that focuses on moving and handling construction materials
* news from recent enforcement prosecutions, including a case where a company was fined £1.2 million after a worker was fatally crushed 
* links to the latest job vacancies here at HSE
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Health and safety law poster – what you need to know [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawposter.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=law-poster-fake&utm_term=law-poster-headline&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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Only HSE can approve a version of the health and safety law poster.
If you employ anyone, the law says you must:
* display an approved version of the poster, or
* provide each worker with a copy of the equivalent leaflet 
You must display the poster where your workers can easily read it and you can’t print a copy yourself.  
You can:
* order HSE approved versions of the poster [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawposter.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=law-poster-fake&utm_term=law-poster-1&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
* download the equivalent leaflet [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawleaflet.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=law-poster-fake&utm_term=law-poster-2&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
The current version of the law poster includes enhanced security features and is more durable. Read our guidance on _how to identify a genuine law poster [ https://books.hse.gov.uk/article/653543/How-to-identify-a-genuine-law-poster?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=law-poster-fake&utm_term=law-poster-3&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]_.
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HSE’s moving and handling construction materials campaign continues [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/your-health-your-future/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=construction-manhan-23&utm_term=manhan-headline&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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*HSE’s latest construction health inspection campaign focuses on moving and handling materials. *There are a range of free resources which support the campaign to help you manage the risks on site*. *
The campaign is raising awareness of health issues in relation to moving and handling materials to improve the long-term health of those working in construction.
When on site, HSE inspectors are checking that employers and workers:
* know the risks
* plan their work to eliminate or substitute the risks, where possible
* where that is not possible, use sensible control measures to protect workers from aches, pain and discomfort in joints, muscles and bones known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=construction-manhan-23&utm_term=manhan-1&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ].
Make use of the following free resources to help promote change and protect construction workers’ long-term health:
* visit our campaign website [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/your-health-your-future/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=construction-manhan-23&utm_term=manhan-2&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ] to get advice for employers, workers and small builders
* download our poster (.pdf) [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/download/6539/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=construction-manhan-23&utm_term=manhan-3&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ] to use on your site
* take our manual handling quiz [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/manual-handling-quiz/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=construction-manhan-23&utm_term=manhan-4&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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Company fined more than £1.2m after man crushed to death [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/09/27/company-fined-1-275m-after-man-crushed-to-death/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=crush-1m-fine-headline&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
The fine followed an incident where a worker was crushed to death during maintenance work at a quarry.
The worker was part of a maintenance team that was repairing a feed hopper. He had been standing on a conveyor that was located under the feed hopper before the repair work started.
The conveyor was then inadvertently switched on, trapping and fatally crushing the 26-year-old worker.
HSE’s investigation found that the haulage company had failed to ensure the feed hopper was properly isolated before the repair work commenced. 
Read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/09/27/company-fined-1-275m-after-man-crushed-to-death/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=crush-1m-fine-pr&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ] for further details on the incident.
HSE also has guidance about the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/puwer.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=crush-1m-fine-guidance&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ].
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Three companies fined after engineer electrocuted in hospital kitchen [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/03/three-companies-fined-after-engineer-electrocuted-in-hospital-kitchen/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=trio-kitchen-fine-pr&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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Dockside company sentenced after worker seriously injured on trawler [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/02/dockside-company-sentenced-after-worker-seriously-injured-on-trawler/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=dockside-trawler-pr&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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Latest job vacancies at HSE [ https://careers.hse.gov.uk/latest-vacancies/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-jobs&utm_term=jobs-headline&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]
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We currently have a range of vacancies [ https://careers.hse.gov.uk/latest-vacancies/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-jobs&utm_term=all-jobs&utm_content=digest-5-oct-23 ]. For details of selected posts, follow the links below:
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