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Articles by Elaine Knutt

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 OSH statistics: how robust are they?

Even robust data-gathering systems can be subject to sampling bias or other margins of error – while interpretation can add a second layer of distortion. So how secure are the available OSH statistics, and the decisions resting on them?
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 GB work fatalities up by almost a third

Thursday 15th July 2021
Covid disruption, wide scale furloughing of workers and a 10% reduction in weekly hours worked has been accompanied by a 28% year-on-year increase in the number of work-related fatal accidents, according to Great Britain’s annual fatality statistics.
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 Grenfell fire risk assessor ‘misrepresented’ his qualifications and experience

Thursday 3rd June 2021
Carl Stokes told the public inquiry into the disaster that he cut and pasted text into fire risk assessments and gave himself unearned post-nominal qualifications.
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 Grenfell TMO scored 1 out of 5 in external audit, Inquiry told

Friday 14th May 2021
The Tenant Management Organisation that ran Grenfell Tower struggled to get a grip on the management of fire safety and health and safety, leading to three critical audits and two notices served by London Fire Brigade, it emerged this week at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
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 Brexit: going it alone

Thursday 6th May 2021
Brexit is now a legally enforced reality shaping the UK’s trading relationship with the EU and the rest of the world. But to what extent could it also affect the future development of legislation on health and safety?
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 Staff concerned with building ventilation, poll reveals

Wednesday 14th April 2021
The risks of airborne coronavirus transmission could be a barrier to a return to work for a third of workers, according to a poll.
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 Interview: Peter Baker, chief inspector of buildings

Peter Baker, head of the new Building Safety Regulator, talks to IOSH magazine about his role in delivering a new regime for high-risk buildings, and how he plans to increase the competence of all professionals working on buildings and ensure effective oversight of the entire building safety environment.
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 HSE responds to COVID spot checkers and jab rows

Friday 26th March 2021
A select committee hearing last week on the HSE’s COVID-19 response explored the regulator’s controversial decision to hire debt collectors as COVID-19 ‘spot checkers’, with the HSE arguing that the £7 million deal enabled it to ‘triage’ routine cases from serious ones, while the TUC and trade union Prospect declared it had damaged the HSE’s reputation.
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 HSE grilled over its COVID response at Select Committee hearing

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Unions and HSE leaders clashed over the enforcement of COVID guidance at work last week – IOSH magazine was there to report on it.
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 Health and safety must adopt a new approach for the modern world of work, report suggests

Friday 19th March 2021
Global study says OSH practitioners should reset the balance between physical and mental health needs post-pandemic.
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