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Articles by Alison Thewliss, MP

Alison Thewliss is MPChair at APPG on Working at Height

 The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height’s new report, 'Staying Alive'

Tuesday 19th February 2019
Falls from height is the number one cause of deaths in the workplace. Unfortunately, for the ten million people in the UK who work at height, decision-makers have yet to place this at the top of the policy agenda.
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 Recycler exposed workers to 20X dust limit

Thursday 30th November 2017
A routine inspection of the premises, carried out by two Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors in September 2015, found a catalogue of safety failures.Luton Magistrates’ Court was told that Plasterboard Recycling Solutions had failed to control exposure to plasterboard dust, which had coated floors, walls, ledges and machinery at the site. A follow-up occupational hygiene survey found the concentration of dust exceeded workplace exposure limits.
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