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*HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin*
*Issued: 4 April 2024
This week’s edition features: 
* advice and resources from HSE’s Working Minds campaign, to coincide with April being Stress Awareness Month
* information on a free seminar to mark the publication of HSE’s 2024 Annual Science Review
* details of a recent enforcement case resulting in a prison sentence for a company director who failed to protect workers from exposure to asbestos 
* links to some of HSE’s latest job opportunities
For more health and safety updates visit our website [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=intro-link&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
April is Stress Awareness Month [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/04/02/april-is-stress-awareness-month-tackle-stress-in-the-workplace-with-five-steps-in-five-weeks/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-headline&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
stressed female office worker [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/04/02/april-is-stress-awareness-month-tackle-stress-in-the-workplace-with-five-steps-in-five-weeks/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-image&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
Use Stress Awareness Month to make it routine to prevent stress and support mental health at work, and encourage others too.
HSE’s Working Minds campaign [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/working-minds/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-1&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ] is inviting employers and managers to focus on one of the campaign’s 5 steps for each of the 5 weeks:
* *Reach* *out *and have conversations
* *Recognise* the signs and causes of stress 
* *Respond* to any risks you’ve identified
* *Reflect* on actions you’ve agreed and taken
* Make it *Routine*
To learn more, watch our video [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/april-is-stress-awareness-month-five-steps-in-five-weeks/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-2&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ].
We have more helpful resources to help you:
* get more information from our press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/04/02/april-is-stress-awareness-month-tackle-stress-in-the-workplace-with-five-steps-in-five-weeks/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-3&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
* register for free bitesize 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 ]
* download HSE’s risk assessment template [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/risk-assessment.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-4&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
* read our blog: Taking an organisational approach to risk assessment [ https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/blog-organisational-versus-individual-risk-assessments?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=working-minds&utm_term=sam-5&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
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Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/03/27/director-jailed-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-asbestos-exposure/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=jail-asbestos-headline&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
A company director has been jailed for 8 months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project.
HSE’s investigation revealed that the company had removed an estimated 10 tonnes of asbestos insulating board (AIB) during the refurbishment in late 2019 and early 2020.
The dangerous materials were stripped out by workers who were:
* unqualified to do the job
* unaware of the risks to their health.
Read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/03/27/director-jailed-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-asbestos-exposure/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=jail-asbestos-pr&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ] for full details about the incident.
HSE has recently updated its guidance on asbestos safety [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=jail-asbestos-guidance-1&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]. It has also just launched the Asbestos: Your Duty  [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/duty/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=jail-asbestos-guidance-2&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]campaign, which aims to improve understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos involves.
Other recent enforcement include:
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Engineering firm fined following worker’s death [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/03/21/engineering-firm-fined-following-workers-death/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=engineering-death-pr&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
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Bakery company fined £400,000 after employee has left leg amputated [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/03/25/bakery-company-fined-400000-after-employee-has-left-leg-amputated/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=400k-leg-amputated-pr&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
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The Accident Book: a vital document for your business [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/accident-book.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-solutions&utm_term=accident-headline&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
Fallen worker who has tripped outside work [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/accident-book.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-solutions&utm_term=accident-image&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
HSE’s Accident Book is a valuable document that organisations can use to record the right information.
The Accident Book [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/accident-book.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-solutions&utm_term=accident-1&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ] can be used to record details of all work-related accidents including injuries from accidents at work that employers must report under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-solutions&utm_term=accident-2&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ].
The book contains 50 perforated accident record forms and is designed to support users in being GDPR compliant.
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18 April, 1.00 to 2.00pm
Join us for a free seminar to mark the publication of HSE’s 2024 Annual Science Review.
Our series of 5-minute ‘Turbo Talks’ feature HSE scientists talking about the ways our science and evidence is being used to help everyone lead safer and healthier lives.
This year’s focus is on the role played by our scientists and engineers in delivering forensic incident investigation activities and providing expert evidence used by courts to secure justice. You can:
* download HSE’s Annual Science Reviews [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/review.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-science&utm_term=asr&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
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Latest jobs 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-4-apr-24 ]
HSE Inspectors in conversation [ https://careers.hse.gov.uk/latest-vacancies/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-jobs&utm_term=jobs-image&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ]
Come and work at HSE where you can help to protect lives and livelihoods. 
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=jobs-1&utm_content=digest-4-apr-24 ], further details can be found below:
closes 11 April; 2 roles available
closes 29 April
closes 6 May
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