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HSE Releases Manual Handling in Construction Podcast Episode

This episode discusses what the industry can do to promote change and protect its workforce from the risks of MSDs. It features a conversation with Matt Birtles, Principal Ergonomics and Human Factors Consultant at HSE, and Peter Crosland, National Civil Engineering Director at CECA. They cover the impact that MSDs can have on workers, employers’ […]

HSE Health and Work Virtual Conference – 15th November 2022

This interactive, free all-day event will take place virtually and is part of our approach to inspire and promote better prevention, management and control of the common risks and causes of work-related ill-health across Great Britain. At the conference HSE will unveil how it is supporting the government’s response to the Health is Everyone’s Business […]

HSE – Managing Work Related Violence

HSE defines work-related violence as any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work. This can include verbal abuse or threats, as well as physical attacks. The HSE website has a toolkit to help reduce the risk of work-related violence in licensed or retail premises. The toolkit […]

HSE – New Research in Noise and Vibration

Research report 1182: Hand-arm vibration and noise emissions of battery-powered tools compared with equivalent traditionally powered tools This report describes research to compare noise and vibration emissions by battery-powered hand-held tools with those by traditionally-powered equivalents. The researchers made ‘in-use’ tests on a representative selection of tools, they found that the noise and vibration emissions […]

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HSE to Swoop on 500 Sites in Machine Safety Programme

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to carry out more than 500 unannounced site inspections after an “unacceptable number of fatal and serious injuries” in the waste and recycling sector. The regulator’s programme will cover the whole of Great Britain from now until March 2023. It will target: (1) machinery guarding and (2) moving vehicles, […]

HSE – Safe & Healthy Workplace

You must provide the right facilities for everyone in your workplace, including people with disabled people. You must have: welfare facilities a healthy working environment a safe workplace View our simple advice on exactly what must be provided for a safe and healthy workplace, including required toilet and washing facilities. Visit the Health and safety made […]

HSE – Face Fit Testing requirement for use of RPE

As an employer, you’re required by law to protect your employees, and others, from harm. To meet this requirement, you will need to complete a risk assessment to assess the risks posed by your work practices and implement identified control measures. Where your risk assessment identified the need for tight-fitting RPE  to protect against the […]

HSE – Wear-It Study: help us understand COVID-19 virus transmission risk in the workplace

The Wear-It Study, part of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study, aims to measure and understand how people interact in the workplace. HSE’s team of dedicated researchers has been joining forces with workplaces to generate detailed data on workers’ interactions and support national efforts to: Better understand and control the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus […]

Workplace Fatality Figures for 2021/22 Released

A hundred and twenty-three workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain in the last year, according to figures published on the 6th of July by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The annual data release covers the period from April 2021 to March 2022, during which time most pandemic restrictions were lifted and […]