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IOSH magazine Jan/Feb 2021

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Issue date: January 2021

It’s difficult to remember a time when so many were willing a new year to come so eagerly.

Well, 2021 has finally arrived and I wish you all a heartfelt Happy New Year. The immense challenges that the pandemic brought are still fresh in our minds with new tiers just one example, and the full economic and health impacts are yet to be felt.

Yet there is hope: with a series of promising vaccines and imminent inoculation programmes, a better year is imaginable – achievable, even.

With that in mind, we bring you this issue of IOSH magazine. Our cover feature shines a spotlight on Vision Zero, the global prevention project that aims to eliminate fatalities in the workplace. We’ve come a long way – the UK’s fatality rate is around a fifth of the level it was in the late 1980s – but there is still more work to do.

And this is the motivation behind IOSH’s recent partnership with ISSA to deliver Vision Zero training and offer accreditation for workplace trainers. It gives organisations that sign up (more than 13,000 and counting) an ‘extra layer of validity’, as IOSH’s head of strategic engagement Alan Stevens explains.

Although the reduction of fatalities to zero, as suggested by the project’s title, could be read as unrealistic and unattainable, it’s about having a target and navigating a pathway towards it, about staying positive and focused to achieve successful outcomes.

Emma GodfreyThere is undoubtedly a long road ahead of us. Stay safe and have as positive a start to the year as you can.

Emma Godfrey | Editor, IOSH magazine

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Worker’s appeal for damages after ‘horseplay’ dismissed

19th January 2021
A contractor who suffered hearing loss following a practical joke by a company employee has been unsuccessful in his claim.
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Delving deeper into ISO 45003

14th January 2021
The forthcoming ISO 45003 standard focuses on the mental health in ‘health and safety’ and offers timely guidance on how to protect the psychosocial wellbeing of staff.
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How to...juggle work and learning

14th January 2021
CPD is more crucial than ever, but how can you set the best speed for the treadmill of work, study, repeat?
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Respect among cultures

14th January 2021
With a career that has seen him in roles at national and multinational level, Craig Docherty GradIOSH explains why respecting cultural differences – both within and beyond the workplace – is crucial.
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Proportionality - a synoptic view

13th January 2021
Laurence Ball-King GradIOSH discusses what is hindering proportionality in occupational safety and health.
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Is OSH in Bangladesh wearing thin?

13th January 2021
A Dhaka factory collapse in 2013 threw the international spotlight on the working conditions in Bangladesh garment factories. Thankfully, concerted efforts to clean up the sector are now making a real difference.
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Striving for perfection

13th January 2021
Fatal accidents at work are becoming less common – but what can be done to keep driving the figures down further?
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The benefits of teaching safety at a young age

13th January 2021
Integrating OSH into education improves young people’s risk intelligence and could generate interest in an OSH career.
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Talking shop: more than metrics

13th January 2021
Four industry experts turn traditional performance reporting on its head and suggest new ways to influence senior leader engagement.
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Vision Zero: proactive leading indicators

13th January 2021
Gerard Zwetsloot, ISSA consultant on Vision Zero metrics, explains how to check you are on the right track for Vision Zero.
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