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Petrol leak that put public at risk lands Tesco with £8m fine

Hazardous substances

Petrol leak that put public at risk lands Tesco with £8m fine

First National Clean Air Day steers OSH to cleaner fuel

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First National Clean Air Day steers OSH to cleaner fuel

UK public sector staff take more time off work due to mental health problems

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Asbestos

Union criticises Fife Council’s health policies after workers exposed to asbestos

GMB Scotland has called on Fife Council to review its workplace safety and health policies after workers were exposed to asbestos.

Hazardous substances

Robust controls are needed to prevent welders’ deaths, says BOHS

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is calling on the manufacturing industry to improve its controls on welding fumes and gases in the second phase of its Breathe Freely campaign, which was launched at the manufacturers’ organisation, the EEF’s London headquarters, on 25 May.

Hazardous substances

Canadian GE workers exposed to carcinogens for more than a half-century, report says

Workers at General Electric’s (GE) production plant in Peterborough in the Canadian province of Ontario were exposed to more than 3,000 toxic chemicals between 1945 and 2000, according to a new report.

Features

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Bullying

Violence case law

Anger management

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Leadership

Conference report

OH 2017: Northern exposures

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Safe systems of work

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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Disability

Health conditions

Working through: epilepsy

What adjustments need to be made to working environments to help employees with the condition?

Leader interview

Cormac Gilligan, PepsiCo

The food and drinks maker’s vice president of environment, health and safety about attracting OSH talent and developing it.

Culture

The wide-awake club

Promoting the benefits of alertness may engage employees more than warning of the perils of fatigue.

Columns

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Subash Ludhra

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Why training procurement without a strategy is throwing money away

Lawrence Waterman, OBE CFIOSH

Lawrence Waterman

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The virtues of collaboration

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