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 ‘Lift shaft’ fall lands landlord with 12 months in prison

Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Lifting operations
We speak to HSE Inspector Andy McGrory about how a difficult investigation into a rudimentary ‘lift shaft’ fall eventually put a 78-year-old landlord in jail for a year.
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 Safe Work Australia publishes code of practice for managing psychosocial hazards at work

Friday 12th August 2022
Violence at work
Safe Work Australia has amended the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations and published a new model code of practice to make duties in relation to psychosocial hazards clearer and help duty holders comply with these duties.
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 Penalties mount for vehicle parts maker on OSHA’s ‘severe violator enforcement programme’

Wednesday 10th August 2022
Confined spaces
Work equipment
The US Department of Labor has presented an Ohio-based vehicle parts manufacturer on its ‘severe violator enforcement programme’ with a fine of $480,240 (approx. £373,000) after inspectors found it had continually exposed workers to multiple machine hazards
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 Singapore eyes directors’ duties’ ACoP to tackle safety culture after spike in fatalities

Monday 8th August 2022
Workplace transport
A senior government minister in Singapore has issued a warning to company directors that they face prosecution for health and safety failures, as the government considers a new Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) on directors’ duties
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 Dyson lands £1.2m fine after worker escapes more serious injuries

Friday 5th August 2022
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Work equipment
Dyson Technologies has been handed a £1.2 million fine after a worker at its Wiltshire site narrowly escaped being crushed by a 1.5 tonne milling machine.
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 People power in risk management strategies

Friday 5th August 2022
Geoff Trickey on how OSH professionals can break with an ‘enforcer’ tradition to make new people-centred models of risk management a success.
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 EU-OSHA analysis of new and emerging risks: stronger OSH protections needed

Thursday 4th August 2022
Work equipment
A new report from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has underlined the need for stronger OSH protections in response to the growing focus on psychosocial work to support wellbeing and productivity, changes to working practices brought about by COVID-19 and technological advances in the economy.
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 Disabled workers question employment opportunities despite recruitment drive

Thursday 4th August 2022
Disability
Only 40% of disabled workers surveyed (https://www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/two-thirds-of-disabled-workers-think-businesses-should-do-more-to-support-them-into-employment) by a hiring platform believe there are good employment opportunities available to them despite UK government figures showing a twelve-fold increase in ‘Disability Confident’ job adverts
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 Worker unfairly dismissed after ‘cursory’ risk assessment banned crucifix necklace

Friday 22nd July 2022
Personal protective equipment
A factory worker who was sacked after refusing to remove his crucifix necklace has won his unfair dismissal case on appeal after a judge agreed the employer’s risk assessment had been 'cursory'.
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 Skanska bans swing-up lorry loaders after site death

Friday 8th July 2022
Work equipment
Workplace transport
Lorry loaders fitted with hydraulic tilting and deployment stabiliser legs are to be banned from all Skanska UK sites.
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