In recent years there have been many cases of HAVS being reported for people who work in agriculture, horticulture and landscape gardening. The work described in this report assesses the standard test for hedge trimmers defined in BS EN ISO 10517:2009 for repeatability and ease of use and where possible for reproducibility.
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The project seeks to establish good practice for securing loads on rigid-sided lorries across various industry sectors. Good practice in this case is defined as those methods that are the most practical, involve the least risk of loads becoming unstable or falling, least risk to the operator/driver, and are practicable.
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Since 1995 all new machinery in scope of the Machinery Directive has to be designed and constructed to meet common minimum European requirements for safety.
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As an employing caterer, you must: prepare a statement of safety policy and your organisation and arrangements for achieving the policy (written if you employ more than four people), consult employees through safety representatives if your workplace is unionised, or employee representatives or directly if it is not unionised…
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Britain’s safety watchdog is challenging the construction industry to learn from the London 2012 construction project and improve the safety record of one of the most dangerous occupations in Britain.
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The Healthy Workplaces Europe-wide Campaign for 2010-2011 aims to promote safe and healthy workplaces by encouraging an integrated and structured approach to maintenance.
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A food processing firm has been sentenced after one of its employees suffered serious injuries to her arm at a Wigan factory.
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Some of the most common health and safety questions asked by construction workers
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Some of the most common musculoskeletal disorder related health and safety questions.
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An Accrington man who falsely claimed he was a registered gas engineer has been sent to prison for two years for endangering people’s lives at two properties in Lancashire, including a baby boy.
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