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G4S: Vehicle for change

Friday 27th May 2022
Manufacturing and engineering
The switch to electric vehicles is changing the risk landscape for car manufacturers. We found out how G4S is protecting assembly line workers and its first responders
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Goat farm failed to segregate pedestrians and vehicles

Tuesday 17th May 2022
Agriculture and forestry
A goat farm has been ordered to pay £180,000 after a worker stepped out of a corridor into the path of a reversing telehandler and was killed.
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House of Commons worker with MSK condition was victimised, tribunal finds

Thursday 5th May 2022
An employment tribunal has ruled that a House of Commons employee with a longstanding musculoskeletal (MSK) condition was victimised and subjected to discrimination after her employer brought ‘heavy-handed and punitive’ disciplinary proceedings against her.
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The dangers of forestry

Wednesday 4th May 2022
Agriculture and forestry
Winter storms and slashed budgets combined with a lack of skills and awareness are leading to needless deaths in forestry and arboriculture.
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The pandemic's mental health crisis

Wednesday 4th May 2022
The huge mental health consequences of the pandemic will continue to affect workplaces as we move into an endemic phase. How are organisations and OSH professionals tackling the mental health crisis?
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Back to basics: rehab and return to work

Wednesday 4th May 2022
Rehabilitation
In the latest of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring risks are well managed, we focus on rehabilitation and the journey back to work.
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Building Safety Bill receives Royal Assent

Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Construction
The Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent last Thursday (28 April) although many of its provisions will only come into force in a year to 18 months’ time to provide industry with sufficient time to prepare.
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Competent advice could have avoided child’s wall collapse amputation

Friday 29th April 2022
Construction
Advice from a competent person would probably have stopped a wall collapsing onto an eight-year-old child, which led to her having her big toe amputated, said the inspector from GB Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who investigated the case.
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Key lessons from the Grenfell Tower tragedy

Tuesday 26th April 2022
Construction
As we approach the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, we look at progress in tackling widespread safety failings, and at the wider lessons for OSH professionals.
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Chemical firm’s £480k fine after vapours ignite causing worker’s burns

Wednesday 20th April 2022
Manufacturing and engineering
A chemical company has been fined £480,000 after one of its workers sustained superficial burns at its Hull factory. Flammable vapours ignited at Robert McBride’s site, a Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) lower tier establishment, and engulfed the worker’s upper torso.
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