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*HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin*
*Issued: 19 October 2023
This week’s edition includes: 
* details about the workplace welfare facilities employers must make sure they provide 
* advice on working in confined spaces
* guidance and resources for controlling hazardous substances 
* news from recent enforcement prosecutions and links to the latest job vacancies here at HSE
For more health and safety updates visit our website [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=home&utm_term=intro-link&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
Make sure you know your COSHH essentials [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=coshh-headline&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
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A variety of harmful substances are found in our working environments – knowing how to control these safely is key to safety and protection from harm. 
If you work with hazardous substances, our Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) website [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=coshh-1&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ] can help you understand the actions you should take to stay healthy.
Download HSE’s publication Working with substances hazardous to health: A brief guide to COSHH [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg136.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=coshh-2&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ], which explains how to control exposure and comply with the regulations.
Our COSHH Safe Handling Chemicals poster [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/chemicals-poster.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=coshh-3&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ] also provides crucial guidance on how to handle chemicals safely in your workplace, including a useful hazardous signs check.
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Make sure you have the right workplace facilities [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/workplace-facilities/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=facilities-headline&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
Male washing hands in workplace toilet [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/workplace-facilities/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=facilities-image&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
Employers must provide welfare facilities and a working environment that’s healthy and safe for everyone in the workplace, including those with disabilities.
This means you must have:
* welfare facilities
* a healthy working environment 
* a safe workplace
Find out in more detail what you must provide for a safe and healthy workplace [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/workplace-facilities/welfare.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=facilities-1&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ].
Employers are also required to provide enough toilets and washbasins for those expected to use them. Follow our guidance for toilets and washing facilities [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/workplace-facilities/health-safety.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=facilities-2&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ].
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Construction firm fined after serious injury to work experience teenager [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/17/construction-company-fined-after-serious-injury-to-16-year-old-on-work-experience/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=work-ex-headline&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
The 16-year-old boy suffered the injuries after becoming trapped under a tractor.
The teenager was on work experience and was driving a tractor down an incline when it came off the track and overturned. He was alone and the tractor did not have a seat belt fitted.
HSE’s investigation found the company had failed to adequately protect the boy through:
* a lack of supervision
* not providing adequate information, instruction and training for him
The company was ordered to pay a fine of £50,000.
Read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/17/construction-company-fined-after-serious-injury-to-16-year-old-on-work-experience/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=work-ex-pr&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ] for further details on the incident.
HSE has guidance protecting younger workers [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/young-workers/employer/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=work-ex-guidance&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ].
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Furniture company fined over multiple wood dust failures [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/11/northwich-furniture-company-fined-over-multiple-wood-dust-failures/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=wood-dust-fine&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
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Dog food boss sentenced after teenager lost finger on first day at work [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/05/dog-food-boss-spared-jail-after-teenager-lost-finger-on-first-day-at-work/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=dog-boss-sentence&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
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Work safely in confined spaces [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=confined-headline&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
worker lowering into manhole [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=confined-image&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ]
A number of people are killed or seriously injured in Great Britain each year in confined spaces.
A confined space [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=confined-1&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ] is a place:
* which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely)
* where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby
Our short guide will be useful to anyone involved in carrying out work in confined spaces [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg258.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=confined-2&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ].
You can also download a copy of our Safe work in confined spaces [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l101.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=confined-3&utm_content=digest-19-oct-23 ] publication, which gives examples and helps you put precautions in place for work to be carried out safely.
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