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Are you prepared for the next biohazard?

9th September 2020
COVID-19 has shown that biohazards can threaten organisations in any sector. How are health and safety practices being developed to meet the challenge of future outbreaks?
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The minimum percentage of registration dossiers to be checked for compliance has increased.

REACH amendment on compliance checking

3rd July 2020
The minimum percentage of registration dossiers to be checked for compliance has increased.
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Chemical co in court after faulty ladder led to 2 m fall

26th September 2019
A firm that manufactures chemicals for the agriculture and pharmaceutical sectors has appeared in the dock for the second time in two years, after a worker fell two metres from a ladder and sustained a serious elbow injury.
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‘Culturally appropriate’ safety wear range launched

3rd September 2019
A new range of culturally appropriate safety wear has been launched by construction safety specialists the BCS group, according to Construction Enquirer. 
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MSDs causing more than a quarter of DALYs lost in NZ

21st August 2019
Musculoskeletal harm now accounts for 27 per cent of all work-related disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in New Zealand, according to a report from the country’s health and safety regulator, WorkSafe. A DALY is defined by the World Health Organization as one lost “healthy” life year.
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New partnership to deliver industry-leading magazine and jobs site for safety and health profession

5th August 2019
 IOSH and award-winning content marketing and publishing agency Redactive today announced a new partnership to provide news, updates, insight, careers advice and job opportunities for safety and health’s largest professional community.
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The art of seeing

27th July 2019
A training technique typically used in art education offers a fresh perspective on identifying hazards.
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Learning from: expert witnesses

23rd July 2019
Three specialists outline five key lessons that OSH professionals can consider in their work.
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‘Blue tape’ business rules report aims to help SMEs find ‘proportionate’ advice

18th July 2019
The safety and health rules businesses impose on each other – often referred to as “blue tape” – combined with inconsistent, sometimes incompetent advice threaten to discredit sensible regulation and good guidance and practice.
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Campaign urges government to strengthen workplace sexual harassment law

28th June 2019
A new joint campaign urging the UK government to introduce a law to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace has been launched by an alliance of unions, women’s rights organisations and the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
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