articleThe future of monitoring
Bob Latimer discusses the benefits of automated monitoring systems for airborne hazards as complimenting the role of health and safety managers and occupational hygienists.
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newsManchester firm fined after workers exposed to asbestos risks
A MANCHESTER based construction company has been fined after workers were put at risk of exposure to asbestos.
newsWork related illness – BOHS calls for action
THE BRITISH Occupational Hygiene Society, the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection and leading scientific body focused on preventing ill health caused by work, has responded to the NHS consultation on men’s health.
newsResearch highlights urgent need for action on silica dust exposure
THE BRITISH Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection, has awarded its prestigious Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize to a study on the deadly health risks faced by workers in the artificial stone benchtop fabrication industry.
newsStone kitchen worktop workshop caked in dust
A COMPANY that manufactures popular stone kitchen worktops has been fined £60k after it repeatedly failed to protect workers from exposure to hazardous dust.
newsWood supplier failed to protect workers from dust
A WOOD supplier has been fined £40k for failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust.
newsProperty developer prosecuted following multiple failures
A LONDON property developer has been fined £63k plus costs after Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple failures at a construction site in Dalston.
newsRepeated wood dust failures lands company with fine
AN ESSEX-based company that makes windows and doors has been hit with a £4,000 fine after repeatedly failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust.
newsStone company in the dock after failing to protect workers
A COMPANY that produces stone products and its director have been fined a total of just under £20,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).
newsBOHS launches free training for kitchen worktop workers
LEADING WORKPLACE health body, the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), has released a free online training tool to help anyone working in the kitchen worktop industry understand and control the deadly disease which is killing UK workers.
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