Manual Handling In Construction – Podcast
You can now listen to HSE’s podcast episode and support the ‘Your health. Your future’ campaign focused on moving and handling materials…
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Cardiac Arrest – CPR and Defibrillation
What is cardiac arrest? A cardiac arrest is a serious emergency. It happens when there’s an electrical problem in the heart and it…
Working Minds Campaign: Work-related stress
Work-related stress is defined as a harmful reaction that people have to undue pressures and demands placed on them at work. By its very…
How might you use the risk scenario concept in your organisation?
The HSE is currently developing a knowledge base that will help designers on construction projects manage health and safety risks more…
Responding to industry’s fire safety needs
In 2017, a fire broke out in the Grenfell Tower block of flats in West London. Seventy-two people lost their lives in the disaster. In…
Fall In Number Of Workplace Deaths But No Marked Improvement In Fatal Injury Rate
The total number of workers killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain has fallen to 123, a decrease of 22 fatalities on the…
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day – 19th November 2022
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is an event in which survivors of suicide loss come together to find connection,…
Scrap Metal Company Fined After Worker Loses Four Fingers
A scrap metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained…
Pancreatic Cancer Day – 17th November 2022
Pancreatic cancer often does not show any signs or symptoms in the early stages, making it hard to diagnose early. Currently there is no…
Eddie Stobart Fined After Workers Exposed to Asbestos
Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos. The firm was fined £133,000 for…