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Bakery handed £159k fine for exposing workers to flour dust
Hazardous substances
Bakery handed £159k fine for exposing workers to flour dust
Council pays £27,000 over Legionnaires’ case that put leisure centre users at significant risk
Legionella
Council pays £27,000 over Legionnaires’ case that put leisure centre users at significant risk
NI asbestos surveyor gave go ahead for refurb before receiving sample analysis
Asbestos
NI asbestos surveyor gave go ahead for refurb before receiving sample analysis

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Asbestos
Developer fined for asbestos ceiling negligence

A London-based residential property development company has been sentenced after its failure to carry out a refurbishment/demolition survey on a property in Fulham led to workers being exposed to asbestos. 
Vibration
Furnace re-liner ignored vibration and silicosis risks

A manufacturer of monolithic refractory products that put workers at risk of developing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and silicosis has been fined. 
Disability
Government launches guide to support drive for inclusive workplaces for disabled staff

The UK government is urging large companies to reveal how many of their workers have a disability or a mental health condition in an effort to create greater transparency in the workplace.
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Features

Toyota-production-line-MSD-risk reduction
Ergonomics
Case study
Toyota: Critical moves
Leader interview, Karl Simons, Thames Water
Leadership
Leader interview
Karl Simons, Thames Water
donning and doffing PPE
Personal protective equipment
Donning and doffing
PPE special: Getting your kit off (and on)

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Vibration
Vibration monitoring
Shaken and stirred

We delve into the contentious subject of whether off-tool vibration measurement is an acceptable method. 
Skills
Behaviour change
Learning from: health psychologists

How can evidence-based techniques to change unhealthy public behaviour be translated to the workplace?
Lone workers
Training
Lone worker Special: Field studies

With more people working alone than ever, training has to keep pace if staff are to manage new and more complex risk. 
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