One of the UK’s leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court today after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.
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These are real case studies and show the consequences to employees if there is inadequate health and safety in place. They also show that once a solution has been found, in addition to controlling the risk there can be other significant benefits for a company.
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How does Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) affect you in your industry? Select your industry to view key messages and how COSHH affects you.
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Crystalline silica is one of the commonest minerals in the earths crust. When crushed during quarrying activities, materials containing silica create respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust associated with the respiratory disease silicosis.
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Latest statistics for blood-lead measurements taken under statutory medical surveillance for work with lead.
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Job vacancy details are now available for the position of Chemical reaction hazard experimentalist within the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL). Closing date is Wednesday, 4 April 2012.
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This poster gives basic advice on first-aid procedures if someone has an electric shock at work. This poster is not a substitute for effective first-aid training.
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A machinery manufacturer has been fined after its hydraulic press crushed a Stranraer worker’s arm which was later amputated.
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The Accident Book will allow you to comply with legal requirements to record accidents at work. It also contains guidance on the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981.
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An electronic copy of the Genetically Modified Organisms Public Register, updated for February 2012, is now available to view.
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