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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The SWITCH Forum recently hosted an online seminar kindly supported by Helios Fire Systems. Fire can have devastating consequences at any site. There is the danger to human life, the loss of plant and equipment, impact on environment with pollution to land, water and air and then the ongoing problems of increased insurance costs, the […]
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 […]
Delivering Scotland’s circular economy: a consultation on proposals for a Circular Economy Bill This consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government’s proposals for legislation to develop Scotland’s circular economy. The proposals in the consultation form part of the wider plans for a step-change in our approach to reducing, reusing and recycling materials as part of […]