Wustemann, Louis | Features | Health and Safety at Work magazine
Published: 30.04.2008
We begin a five-year chronicle of the steps to safeguard workers on the UK's biggest construction project.
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Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006
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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
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Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007
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Question: Workplace temperatures
Due to the recent cold snap, a number of employees in my office have been complaining that the building is too cold to work in comfortably. I have checked the guidelines, which say that we must provide a reasonable working temperature of 16 degrees centigrade for office work. We are comfortably above that temperature according to our office thermometer. But some staff have pointed out that the thermometer doesn't show much variation whether it is left in a warm patch of sunlight or when it is placed in the draughty corner meeting room. Is there an industry-standard thermometer I should be using?
Feb 22 2008 10:03AM
Your problem appears to be one of thermal comfort rather than just a temperature...
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There is a debate going on where I work as to when an accident should be reported. A colleague blackened his finger nail in an incident at work. The old advice would have been to report is as you never know how the injury, however slight, might become worse with time. My colleague's manager received the accident book report and spoke to him requesting that minor accidents of this type should not be reported in the accident books. Our company owner receives all accident reports and he is outspokenly frustrated at the frequency that 'petty' accidents/incidents are reported. Help ... I am currently writing an accident reporting and investigation procedure, with definitions of when and how to report accidents and incidents, so any advice on the most sensible approach would be appreciated.
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