news“Landmark day” as ISO 45001 is launched
Monday 12 March, was “a landmark day” in occupational safety and health (OSH) as ISO 45001 was launched.
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articleProtecting workers from asbestos exposure
The HSM Campaigns Hub provides you with information on the latest health & safety initiatives. This issue, we look at the fourth phase of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) No Time to Lose (NTTL) occupational cancer campaign, which is focusing on asbestos, the deadliest of all workplace carcinogens
news“We must ensure there is never another Rana Plaza”
On the fifth anniversary of a Bangladeshi factory collapse which killed and injured thousands of people, the President of the leading global health and safety body is calling on organisations to continue to strive to protect workers.
newsStress is the main reason for absence, shows research from GRiD
Stress, and stress-inducing situations, are the main causes of short-term absence (i.e. up to 26 weeks) according to research* from Group Risk Development (GRiD), the industry body for the group protection sector. Home and family issues account for one in five short-term absences; dealing with childcare issues accounts for nearly as many absences at 17 per cent; and dealing with eldercare issues accounts for one in ten absences.
newsYoung workers risking chronic conditions for portable devices
A generation of young workers are risking chronic conditions later in life because “the draw of using portable devices is greater than their long-term health”, according to a leading consultant on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
articleSHW Live timetables
https://www.safetyhealthwellbeing.live/sessions-farnborough#/seminars/
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