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 Refinery giant Phillips 66 fined £1.2m after blast burned workers

Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Two workers suffered life-changing injuries from an uncontrolled release of high pressure, high temperature steam of around 250oC
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 Energy giant fined £400k after uncontrolled oil leak

Friday 13th September 2019
BP Exploration Operating Company must pay £400,000 after it failed to prevent the release of almost 4 tonnes of crude oil in Shetland nearly seven years ago.
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 ‘Culturally appropriate’ safety wear range launched

Tuesday 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

Wednesday 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

Monday 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

Saturday 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

Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Three specialists outline five key lessons that OSH professionals can consider in their work.
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 Error alert

Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Workers often recognise and correct their own errors before it is too late, research shows.
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 Proposals to prevent health-related job loss an opportunity to be 'vigorously seized'

Thursday 18th July 2019
Proposals aimed at reducing the number of British people who lose their jobs because of disabilities and ill health provide an opportunity that must be “vigorously seized”, the professional body for workplace health and safety professionals said today.
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 ‘Blue tape’ business rules report aims to help SMEs find ‘proportionate’ advice

Thursday 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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