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Noise
Royal Opera House loses appeal against ‘acoustic shock’ judgment
NZ structural steelwork co failed to assess risk of beams toppling in fatal crush incident
Management
NZ construction sector accord builds in OSH commitment
Construction initiative to eliminate illness and injury caused by seven key sector risks
Lifting operations
Construction initiative to eliminate illness and injury caused by seven key sector risks

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Stress
Rise in workplace stress linked to poor management, survey finds

Employers are being urged to invest more in training line managers, so they are confident and competent to support staff who are struggling to cope, after a survey found stress was a growing problem in UK workplaces. 
Asbestos
Role of OH experts is vital in contentious cases, says lawyer

Occupational health experts are likely to have a more prominent role in future criminal prosecutions, a defence lawyer has said. 
Hazardous substances
Sellafield worker exposed to plutonium had hand punctured by corroded probe

Sellafield has been fined £380,000 after a worker received eight times the annual whole-body exposure limit of plutonium. 

Features

Health and Wellbeing At Work 2019 conference report, Birmingham, UK
Mental health
Health and Wellbeing at Work 2019
Discussion about investing in employee health and wellbeing programmes
Wellbeing
Table talk: Key stressors
How to support employees mental health through wellbeing programmes
Wellbeing
Head start

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Wellbeing
Value judgements

A tool to assess the true cost of workplace wellbeing interventions is filling in the data gap that has so far undermined the business case for them. 

Road safety
Driven to distraction

Inattentive and distracted drivers carry risks for their employers as well as the public.

Mental health
APOSHO 33

The Asia Pacific OSH gathering heard about a range of initiatives to reduce its excessive workplace fatality toll. 

Columns

Mike Wallace, partner at ERM and a special adviser to the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability
Mike Wallace
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how OSH professionals can get involved in the human capital conversation
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Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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how Seth Godin’s Tribes offers a practical perspective on improving performance through people

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