newsWork-life pressures put employees’ health at risk
People are finding workplace pressures increasingly difficult to deal with and often more stressful than personal issues, according to new research from Bupa UK.
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newsNew coalition of health and social care experts on mission to guarantee status of EU staff
A coalition of 29 health and social care organisations has been created to ensure sustainable workforce supply and thereby standards of care are maintained as Britain withdraws from the EU.
newsWell-being programmes alone not enough, says TUC in new guidance
With health and work being closely linked, the TUC has today published guidance on well-being at work.
productDust tight
From Flexicon’s TIP-TITE
range of dumpers, the new
Box-Container Dumper
forms a dust tight seal
between the container and
the equipment, tips the
container and discharges
bulk material through a
chute at controlled ra
productSAFEContractor for 5th year
Vehicle lift specialist Stertil
Koni is celebrating its
achievement of
SAFEContractor for five
years in a row. The company
has been granted full
accreditation for the health
and safety scheme, which
assesses the compe
productBSC welcomes proposals to slash legal costs in personal injury claims
The long-awaited outcome
of Lord Justice Jackson’s
review of civil litigation
costs in England and Wales
has been broadly welcomed
by the British Safety
Council. A number of
recommendations, if
implemented, could have
productGet some insight
Casella CEL has launched a
new data management
software package that
downloads and manages
exposure data for a wide
range of occupational
hazards, including noise
and dust.
Called Casella Insight,
the software can
productAsbestos remains number one killer
Tragically asbestos remains
the single biggest cause of
work-related deaths in the
UK, with more than 4000
people continuing to die each
year from asbestos-related
diseases. And that number,
according to Health and
Sa
productChemical exposure course goes more than skin deep
EnviroDerm Services is
known for courses on skin
risk assessment and
management. Recognising
that for some chemicals the
effects of a combination of
inhalation, ingestion and
skin exposures needs to be
considered, the
productDon’t stand for fatigue
People who stand at assembly,
inspection, sorting, picking and
packing operations for more than 2-
3hrs a day can experience significant
physical stress and fatigue as a result.
Typical symptoms are swollen or
painful
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