(AGENPARL) – gio 11 agosto 2022 This week’s news and updates about health and safety at work []
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Issued: 11 August 2022
This week’s issue contains advice and practical guidance on making sure workers can work safely in hot conditions.
In addition, we have information on avoiding falls from vehicles, which is a common cause of workplace accidents. There are also details of some recent prosecutions, news about a new partner for our Working Minds campaign, and links to our latest job vacancies.
There’s no law for maximum working temperature, or when it’s too hot to work.
However, employers must keep workplaces at a comfortable temperature.
This practical guidance includes advice on:
– managing workplace temperature
– outdoor working
– heat stress
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A civil engineering firm has been fined £600,000 for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site.
The child went missing from home and was found the next morning by workers at a construction site.
HSE’s investigation found that the child had become trapped in a drainage pipe, which had been fixed into the ground in preparation for the installation of fencing posts. He had suffocated before being found the next morning when work restarted on site.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Falls from vehiclesare among the most common accidents involving workplace transport.
By law, employers must take suitable and effective measures to:
– prevent anyone from falling a distance that is likely to hurt them
– prevent anyone from being hit by a falling object
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HSE’s Working Minds campaign aims to help businesses and workers to prevent work-related stress and support good mental health with five simple steps.
The charity will help Working Minds further raise awareness that employers have a legal duty to manage work-related stress and provide information about how to support workers in construction. They provide free support services to any construction worker or their family.
– reach out and have the conversations
– recognise the signs and causes of stress
– respond to any risks identified
– reflect on what’s happened
– make it routine
You can stay up to date with the Working Minds campaign by:
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