(AGENPARL) – gio 21 luglio 2022 This week’s news and updates about health and safety at work []
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Weekly Digest ebulletin
HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin
Issued: 21 July 2022
This week’s edition contains guidance on working safely in confined spaces. There are also links to advice on how to manage work safely in high temperatures.
In addition, we have information about the latest annual agriculture-related fatality figures, which have just been released. There are also updates on recent enforcement prosecutions and you can take a look at our latest job vacancies.
A number of people are killed or seriously injured in Great Britain each year in confined spaces.
– which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely)
– where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby
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Temperatures remain high in some areas of Britain, so make sure you have the right advice and guidance to work safely.
It is important to remember the risks of overheating when working in hot conditions.
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HSE has published a report showing that agriculture-related activities continue to have the highest number of workplace fatalities in Great Britain.
The total of 25 is 16 fewer than the previous year and 7 fewer than the five-year average.
We have free to download leaflets available for those working in agriculture to assess the risks and put safety measures in place:
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A fire service has been prosecuted after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise.
A team of four firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were carrying out a rope rescue training exercise at a disused quarry and two of them received head injuries when rocks fell from the cliff face and hit them.
HSE’s investigation found there were failures in the arrangements and controls of the exercise.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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