articleHearing and noise matters
Emma Shanks, senior scientist with the Noise & Vibration Team at the Health & Safety Laboratory examines noise at the workplace and resources for workers and employers.
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productPlay it safe
A new set of playing cards, developed by the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), has been designed to make it easy for teams, managers and supervisors to talk formally and informally about cultural issues and other human factors that affect safety within their organisation.
articlePreventing falls from vehicles
In 2010/11, over a quarter of fatal injuries reported under RIDDOR involved workplace transport and around half of reported major injuries involved falls from vehicles. The Health & Safety Laboratory explains what steps employers can take to reduce the occurrence of these types of incidents.
productMobile app for load safety
The Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) – the UK health and safety research and incident investigations establishment – has developed a smart phone application to help operators calculate the right number of straps needed to secure their load and comply with road traffic legislation.
productMeasuring safety culture
A good safety culture is important as it has a direct impact on the safety of employees, contractors and the public. As a health & safety professional within a business, it is more than likely that you are already convinced that a positive safety culture is good for your business. But do you know what the culture within your business actually is?
productVomiting humanoid helps research
Catherine Makison-Booth, research scientist at the Health and Safety
Laboratory, explains how measuring a manikin’s vomit is helping to
increase scientists’ understanding of contamination
productIs age only a number?
A new report from the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) investigates whether the
removal of the compulsory retirement age will have any implications for health and
safety at work. Dr Helen Beers, one of the report’s authors, summarises the findings
productFirm fined after potential asbestos exposure
A building firm has been fined after refurbishment work triggered the temporary closure of country club near Darlington over fears of exposure to asbestos.
productUpdates to EN 149
From July 2010 all Filtering Face Masks sold in europe will need to meet the updated EN149:2009 standard. This came about following a warning from the french Safety Institute for occupational accident prevention (INRS) in 2004 which highlighted a discrepancy between the performance of face masks when tested and their performance in actual use.
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