(AGENPARL) – gio 02 novembre 2023 Preventing work-related stress | Work safely with fireworks | Health and Work Conference
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*HSE Weekly Digest ebulletin*
*Issued: 2 November 2023
This week’s edition includes: 
* advice and resources on how to prevent work-related stress 
* details about HSE’s Health and Work conference and how you can book onto this free online event
* guidance on working safely with fireworks
* information about research findings on noise at work 
* news from recent enforcement prosecutions
For more health and safety updates visit our website [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=home&utm_term=intro-link&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
Preventing work-related stress: the leading cause of illness at work [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress-headline&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
stressed female worker on computer [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress-image&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
This week (1 November) marked UK National Stress Awareness Day.
HSE’s statistics [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress-1&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ] show 914,000 workers were suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2021/22, the cause of 17 million working days lost in this period.
Employers have a legal duty to ensure risks of stress and mental ill health are factored into health and safety risk assessments and acted upon.?  
HSE’s guidance for managing stress at work [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress-2&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ] includes:
* information about a stress risk assessment [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/risk-assessment.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress-3&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
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=stress-5&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ] aims to help businesses prevent work-related stress in 5 steps, bringing together practical tools and resources.
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Company fined after residents put at risk during removal of dangerous cladding [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/26/company-fined-240000-after-liverpool-residents-put-at-risk-during-removal-of-dangerous-cladding/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=cladding-fine-headline&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
The company has been fined £240,000 after it was found that cladding lying on residents’ balconies posed a serious fire risk.
The combustible cladding was similar to that used on Grenfell Tower when the 2017 disaster occurred. 
The company had been subject to earlier enforcement for similar breaches during cladding removal. At that time the company was provided with advice on sustainable compliance with the regulations.
HSE’s investigation found the company had failed to take account of:
* appropriate precautions to address the risk of fire and to ensure the safety of residents, workers and others 
* published guidance on the safe removal of cladding, following the previous enforcement
Read this press release [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/26/company-fined-240000-after-liverpool-residents-put-at-risk-during-removal-of-dangerous-cladding/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=cladding-fine-pr&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ] for further details on the incident.
Other recent prosecution cases include:
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Three companies fined as child suffers fractured skull [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/24/companies-fined-as-child-suffers-fractured-skull/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=child-skull-pr&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
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Waste firm fined £260,000 after worker suffers severe crush injuries [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/20/london-waste-firm-fined-260000-after-worker-suffers-severe-crush-injuries/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=260k-waste-pr&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
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Working safely with fireworks [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-headline&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
sparklers being held in the night sky [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-image&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
Firework displays should be enjoyable and spectacular occasions but they require responsible planning.
If you are planning a firework display, there is guidance available to help you use fireworks safely [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-1&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ].
HSE’s website also has some straightforward guidance to help you organise a firework display safely [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/using.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-2&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ], complete with tips on what you should do before, during and after the event.
The website also offers advice for those storing and selling fireworks [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/industry.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-3&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]. 
You can also download a free copy of our leaflet Storing and selling fireworks safely [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg407.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=fireworks-4&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ].
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HSE’s Health and Work Conference 2023: register now [ https://healthandworkconference.co.uk/home?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-hw-conference&utm_term=conf-headline&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
8 November 2023, 9.40am – 2.15pm
HSE’s annual Health and Work conference is taking place virtually next week.
Delegates will hear from HSE’s health and work experts about what you need to do to manage the risks that cause work-related ill health, your responsibilities as a dutyholder, and invite you to help us by collaborating online in interactive discussions and question and answer sessions.
Delegates will be able to attend up to 2 workshops that will focus on:
* Work-related stress and mental ill health: Exploring the causes, solutions and what employers must do to protect their workers
* Musculoskeletal disorders: One step beyond – taking a proactive approach to risk management
* Respiratory health: Creating the smart consumer
* Asbestos: Understanding your duty to manage
You can view the agenda here and/or register your interest in attending. [ https://healthandworkconference.co.uk/home?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hse-hw-conference&utm_term=conf-1&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
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Noise at work – make sure you protect workers’ hearing [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/16/try-the-shout-test-protect-workers-hearing/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=noise-headline&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
site worker next to a noise warning sign [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/16/try-the-shout-test-protect-workers-hearing/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=noise-image&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ]
Research on noise-induced hearing loss shows around a fifth of workers could be exposed to high noise levels while doing their job.
The issue of noise at work is the subject of a scientific report recently discussed by specialists in the field. A Workplace Health Expert Committee report says about 20% of the working population in Great Britain could be exposed to high noise levels (higher than 85 dBA).
While new cases of occupational deafness [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/deafness/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=noise-1&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ] have dropped over the past decade, HSE is urging workplaces to consider the shout test to manage noise at work and ways to give workers’ ears a break.
HSE’s noise specialist Chris Steel said: ‘If you are shouting at work and can’t be heard from 2 metres away, the chances are there’s a noise issue. Try it out for yourself and see if you can be heard.’
HSE has guidance in relation to noise at work [ https://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=noise-2&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ].
You can also find out more by reading our noise at work article [ https://press.hse.gov.uk/2023/10/16/try-the-shout-test-protect-workers-hearing/?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=noise-3&utm_content=digest-2-nov-23 ].
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