newsQueen’s Speech includes worker protection
The proposed government’s measures on air quality, building safety and employment reform must protect workers’ health and wellbeing, says British Safety Council.
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productPersonal exposure monitoring in confined spaces
Broadly speaking, a confined space is an area that is large enough for a worker to enter and do work, but that is difficult to get in and out of easily and is not designed or intended for regular occupancy.
productHow dust harms the human body
Dust is seen as something irritating rather than harmful. It’s practically everywhere, so we don’t really pay it enough attention – or consider how overexposure to dust in the workplace can lead to poor health. That’s right – dust is actually a very dangerous substance that impacts the lives of millions of people.
productClean air for a more productive working environment
LK Pex manufactures pipes used in under-floor heating, radiator heating and tap water systems, as well as braided hoses. Since it was founded in 2000, LK Pex has quickly expanded, and last year delivered more than 60 million metres of pipes to the heating, ventilation, sanitation and plumbing industries in Europe, the USA, Asia and the Middle East. Based in Ulricehamn, Sweden, the business currently has 14 production lines, employing 85 employees to meet the ever-increasing demands of its customers.
newsDirectors found guilty of waste crimes
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully brought those responsible to account for abandoning nearly 2,000 tonnes of waste at Shaw Road, Dudley in 2016.
newsUnite launches silica register
UNITE, THE UK and Ireland’s largest union, has launched an online register to allow workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with potential future legal cases if they experience long term health problems.
newsConstruction worker suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
CONSTRUCTION WORKER Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield.
newsFine after employees exposed to silica dust
A STONE masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis.
newsAir pollution is an occupational health hazard
THE BRITISH Safety Council has launched a report ‘Impact of air pollution on the health of outdoor workers’ which provides compelling evidence to recognise ambient air pollution as an occupational health hazard in Britain.
newsWelding fume guidance webinar
HSM’S NEXT webinar will focus on welding fume guidance with experts from 3M address some of the common issues surrounding respiratory hazards for welders.
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