(AGENPARL) – gio 11 gennaio 2024 Working in low temperatures | Refreshed hand-arm vibration guidance | NHS Trust fined
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*HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin*
*Issued: 11 January 2024
This week’s edition features: 
* advice and guidance on working safely in cold and wintry weather 
* links to updated website content on hand-arm vibration
* details on how to enter HSE’s MSD ‘Risk-reduction through design’ awards
* news from recent enforcement prosecutions and links to some of our current job vacancies 
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Guidance on working in cold and wintry weather [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/employer/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=temp-winter&utm_term=cold-weather-headline&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
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Make sure you protect workers during low temperatures and wintry conditions.
Our guidance [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/employer/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=temp-winter&utm_term=cold-weather-1&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ] offers advice on how to protect workers in low temperatures.
The guidance explains how you can assess the risks to workers and put controls in place to protect them [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/employer/managing.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=temp-winter&utm_term=cold-weather-2&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ].
Our _workplace temperature checklist [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/workplace-temperature-checklist.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=temp-winter&utm_term=cold-weather-3&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]_ will help you carry out a basic risk assessment.
With low temperatures and less daylight, winter can make surfaces perilous. As a result, slip and trip accidents increase significantly. Take a look at our online guide to avoiding slips and trips in winter weather [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/slips-trips-bad-weather.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=temp-winter&utm_term=cold-weather-4&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ].
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NHS trust fined after worker found unconscious in manhole [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/01/09/nhs-trust-fined-after-employee-found-unconscious-in-manhole/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=nhs-fine-headline&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was fined £480,000 due to a worker suffering a brain injury and being found unconscious in a manhole.
The worker had been unblocking a drain at the hospital when he was discovered by other members of staff.
HSE’s investigation found the company had failed to:
* identify the manhole as a confined space, and properly risk assess the activity
* prevent employees entering into confined spaces at the site
* identify a safe system of work or method statement for clearing blocked drains
For further details read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/01/09/nhs-trust-fined-after-employee-found-unconscious-in-manhole/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=nhs-fine-pr&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ].
Our website has guidance on working in confined spaces [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/introduction.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=nhs-fine-guidance&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ].
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Health board fined after failings resulted in woman’s death [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/12/18/north-wales-health-board-fined-after-failings-resulted-in-womans-death/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=health-board-fine-pr&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
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Textiles firm hit with £100,000 fine after worker loses hand [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/12/11/5656/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=textiles-hand-pr&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
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Updates to HSE’s vibration webpages [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-headline&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
Our vibration website has been refreshed.
This is so you can find the information, advice and resources that you need as easily as possible.
It also ensures our guidance and resources [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-0&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ] are up to date, user-friendly and easy to use.
Updates include the following pages:
* Advice on measurement and monitoring [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/advicetoemployers/measurement-monitoring.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-1&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
* Advice to Employers [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/advicetoemployers/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-2&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
* Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/regulations.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-3&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
* Guide to using HSE hand-arm vibration exposure calculator [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/calculator-guide.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-4&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
* Vibration risk assessment [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/advicetoemployers/assessrisks.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=vibration-5&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
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MSD Risk-reduction through design award: deadline approaching [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/msd-awards.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=msd-awards&utm_term=awards-headline&utm_content=digest-11-jan-24 ]
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*It’s not too late to enter our ‘Risk-reduction through design’ award – nominations close on 31 January 2024.*
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 2024 award winner!
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We are encouraging businesses to nominate a design change that has made a real impact in their own workplace.
Employers can nominate any design solutions implemented in workplaces in the UK that have demonstrated how they have reduced musculoskeletal risks for their own workers. 
There are now 2 categories for the awards:
* Best overall MSD risk-reduction through design award
* SME recognition award
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