PPE compliance, occupational asthma and musculoskeletal disorder
It should never be assumed that all workers wear their personal protective equipment (PPE) 100% of the time, or even
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The business case for health and safety, electrical safety, effective safety leadership and warehouse safety culture
In the UK, there are more than one million injuries to workers annually and more than two million cases of
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Effective safety leadership, COSHH assessments and designing a bully-free workplace
Effective safety leadership improves employee safety behaviour by as much as 86 percent and can independently reduce lost time and
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Transport and logistics safety statistics and work-related lung disease
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5 Tips to Involve Your Workers in Health and Safety Activities
Workplace health and safety is one of the most important responsibilities of any manager. Equally, health and safety programmes need
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EC proposes to limit exposure to 13 cancer causing chemicals
13/05/2016
The European Commission is proposing changes to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (2004/37/EC) to limit exposure to 13 cancer-causing chemicals at the workplace, including ‘respirable crystalline silica’ (RCS).
Cancer is estimated to account for more than half of work-related deaths in the EU, totalling around 102,000 deaths per year.