(AGENPARL) – gio 20 ottobre 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: 20 October 2022
This week’s edition features:
– information about the health and safety law poster
– news of our latest enforcement action
– links to and advice on health and safety for older workers
– the findings of a research report about potential worker exposure to hazardous atmospheres
– links to current job vacancies at HSE
The poster explains British health and safety laws and lists what workers and their employers should do.
If you employ anyone, you must either:
– display the health and safety law poster where your workers can easily read it
– provide each worker with the equivalent health and safety law leaflet
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Bernard Matthews Food Ltd. were fined following two separate incidents where employees were seriously injured.
One worker was left permanently paralysed and spent six months in hospital following an incident at the company’s Suffolk manufacturing plant.
In another incident just five months earlier, a worker suffered a broken arm and severe damage to the muscles in his forearm.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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HSE has published a research report looking at potential worker exposure to hazardous atmospheres at ports and distribution centres.
HSE carried out the research which involved visits to six ports and two distribution centres by our scientists.
The report found that port and distribution workers who open or enter freight containers could be exposed to dangerously low oxygen levels or to hazardous substances in the air which have built up as a result of limited ventilation while they are sealed.
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Employers have the same responsibilities for the health and safety of older workers as they have for all workers.
– the law
– worker responsibilities
– equality law
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Work for HSE and you will be helping to protect lives and livelihoods.
We currently have an exciting and varied range of vacancies. For details of selected posts, follow the links below:
Closes 31 October; 3 posts available
Closes 4 November; 2 posts available
Closes 4 November
You can get all the latest news and updates from HSE across a range of industries and topics.
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