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 which causes COVID-19) as we adapt to living with the disease
- Develop our understanding of how we could better respond to future respiratory infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics if they occur
Your help is needed
Workplaces of interest include those with indoor operational areas, such as large offices, food and drink manufacturing, engineering, warehouses and fulfilment centres, and others – ideally with 50+ workers on site.
If your organisation is willing to take part, we would invite workers to wear small devices while at work for up to two weeks.
Find out more by reading the Wear-It Study invitation letter and express your interest by contacting our research team:
New or revised limits for 13 substances introduced on. Please refer to Table 1 of EH40/2005 ‘Workplace Exposure Limits’ for the latest WELs as these supersede any WELs contained in other HSE guidance or publications.
A Bristol based skip hire company fined after employee sustains crush injuries to his arm.
On the 30 May 2018, an employee of Bateman Skips Ltd was asked to repair a conveyor belt feeding the picking station. He was injured when his arm was drawn into the mechanism whilst realigning the belt. The employee was rescued by the Fire & Rescue Service.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Bateman Skips Ltd failed to ensure that the workforce was provided with adequate training and suitable safeguards for dealing with blockages and adjusting the equipment.
Bateman Skips Ltd of Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, Bristol pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The company was fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of £10,205.80.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Berenice Ray, said: “Those in control of work have a duty to assess the risks and devise safe methods of working to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workforce.
“Employers must ensure that the power source of machinery such as this is isolated and physically locked off whenever the guards are removed.”