(AGENPARL) – gio 01 febbraio 2024 COSHH essentials | Recycling company fined over £2 million | Working Minds campaign
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*Issued: 1 February 2024
This week’s edition features: 
* advice and guidance on controlling harmful substances
* details and free resources from HSE’s Working Minds campaign
* news of a recent enforcement prosecution, where a company was fined over £2 million after a worker was killed
* links to some of our latest vacancies at HSE
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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-1-feb-24 ] can help you understand the actions you should take to stay healthy.
Download our free 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-1-feb-24 ], 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-1-feb-24 ] also provides crucial guidance on how to handle chemicals safely in your workplace, including Do’s and Don’ts and a useful hazardous signs check.
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Recycling company fined over £2 million after worker killed [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/01/26/recycling-company-fined-after-worker-killed-by-loading-shovel/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=recycling-fatal-headline&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
*The worker was struck and killed by a loading shovel while walking across a traffic area on site.*
HSE’s investigation into the incident found that the recycling company:
* failed to protect pedestrians from the mobile plant operations it was carrying out at the site
* had no suitable traffic management arrangements in place, so pedestrians were at risk of being struck by moving vehicles, including loading shovels
For further details read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/01/26/recycling-company-fined-after-worker-killed-by-loading-shovel/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=recycling-fatal-pr&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ].
HSE’s guidance explains how you can assess and control the risks from workplace transport [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/sitelayout.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=pr-guidance-1&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ], including specific advice on separating people from vehicles [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/separating.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=pr-guidance-2&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ].
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Working Minds campaign 2024: supporting mental health at work [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/working-minds/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=wm-headline&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
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*HSE’s Working Minds campaign is driving change across Britain’s workplaces by helping to raise awareness of how employers can prevent stress and support good mental health.*
When you sign up to our Working Minds [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/working-minds/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=wm-1&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ] campaign ebulletin, you can access a calendar of awareness days, weeks and months for 2024, along with creative resources for you to use and share with your networks and channels.
Sign up to the Working Minds ebulletin [ https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKHSE/signup/30967?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=wm-2&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
Other Working Minds resources and information that you can access on our campaign website include:
* free online learning [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/working-minds-learning/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=e-learning-1&utm_content=standard-ebul-23 ]
* a guest blog from CIPD [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/blog-pillars-that-support-a-mentally-healthy-workplace?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=wm-3&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ] about the pillars that support a mentally healthy workplace
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HSE – market surveillance authority for workplace products [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/hse-role-market-surveillance-authority.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=market-surveillance-headline&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
*HSE is one of the UK’s market surveillance authorities, which monitor and enforce legal requirements on the safety of most products used in the workplace, i*ncluding any risks to health. 
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.? 
Products that present a serious or high risk to the health and safety of the user, and products that have been recalled, are published on GOV.UK [ https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-recalls-and-alerts?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push-hse&utm_term=market-surveillance-1&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ].? 
Recent examples of products notified are: 
* Terberg OmniDEKA Hydraulic Bin Lift [ https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-terberg-omnideka-hydraulic-bin-lift-with-sonar-n1-sensor-2306-0080?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push-hse&utm_term=market-surveillance-2&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
* 3M Peltor X-series P5 Over the Ear Earmuffs [ https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-3m-peltor-x-series-p5-over-the-ear-earmuffs-helmet-attached-2308-0018?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push-hse&utm_term=market-surveillance-3&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
* Refuse Collection Vehicle Bin Lifting Device [ https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-mol-cy-vdk-cb011-refuse-collection-vehicle-bin-lifting-device-2308-0132?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push-hse&utm_term=market-surveillance-4&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
* Pump House Portable Air Conditioning Unit [ https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-pump-house-portable-air-conditioning-unit-pac12-and-pah13-2308-0134?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push-hse&utm_term=market-surveillance-5&utm_content=digest-1-feb-24 ]
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