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Mental health

Fly-in miners to be subject of health study

Management behaviour crucial to return to work, IOSH-funded report says

Mental health

Supportive managers are crucial to return after stress and depression, says report

Stress

HSE to pilot stress management tools, IOSH conference hears

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Vibration

Twelve workers’ HAVS land Welsh council in court

Wrexham County Borough Council has been prosecuted after 12 workers were found to have contracted harm-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). The authority ignored its own policies on monitoring workers’ vibration exposure while using hand-held power tools, such as lawn mowers strimmers and leaf blowers.

Regulation/Enforcement

HSE’s construction blitz targets dust exposure

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched its latest round of focused inspections, targeting exposure to hazardous substances such as construction dust.

Leadership

Half of UK workers copy leadership traits when stressed, research finds

Employees often mimic their colleagues’ management traits when stressed at work, research from leadership qualifications provider ILM has found.

Features

Disability

Health conditions and injury

Under the influence?

Road safety

Leader interview

Lucy Fell, Highways England

Noise

Modular construction

Here’s one I prepared earlier

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Accident reduction

Conference report

Global gathering

The triennial world congress in Singapore hosted discussions of global supply chains and effective training and the launch of the first global safety campaign.

Personal protective equipment

Wearable technology

Tech top to toe

From hearing protection that doubles as a heart-rate monitor to impact-sensing knee pads, we review recent and upcoming developments in wearable protection technology.

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Chemicals

Machinery certification

Marked for life

Certifying machinery and products coming in and out of the UK as safe for use could become complicated after Brexit.

Columns

Shelley Frost

the first global OSH campaign that aspires to zero harm

Lawrence Waterman

why global data makes health more of a priority than ever

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