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One-track minds mean drivers must down phones
News | HSW | 01.03.2007
Mental health biggest factor for IB claimants
News | HSW | 01.03.2007
Site specifics: Asbestos
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 04.02.2007
Despite the fact that asbestos is no longer used in the UK, the legacy of the estimated six million tonnes of it still present in our schools, hospitals, ships, offices and factories makes it the greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the country. Bridget Leathley finds the best sources of information online on managing the UK's greatest workplace killer.
Taking accurate noise measurements
Seggy T Segaran | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007
The Health and Safety Executive's advice has always been that if you have to shout to talk to someone two metres away this is usually a clear indication that noise levels are around the 85dB mark. Seggy T Segaran argues that estimating workplace noise levels is often a poor substitute for taking accurate measurements.
Office workers underestimate back suffering
News | HSW | 01.02.2007
New smoke-free legislation for England and Wales
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 01.02.2007
This year will see English and Welsh workplaces finally become smoke-free zones. In the first of a series of articles on the new legislation, Jocelyn Dorrell looks at signage, shelters and penalties
VDU leaflet
News | HSW | 01.02.2007
New EU chemicals regulation ready to go
News | HSW | 01.02.2007
HSE launches absence toolkit
News | HSW | 01.01.2007
EAT takes firm line on stress dismissal
Prosecutions and Claims | 01.01.2007
Smoking ban due on 1 July
News | HSW | 01.01.2007
1 in 3 fear they won't be fit at 60
News | HSW | 01.01.2007
HSE appointed to regulate REACH
News | HSW | 01.01.2007
BT moves from healthy hearts to minds
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
Skin book launched by HSE
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
Stress is still the biggest workplace worry
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
HSE's new hard line pushes prosecutions up 20 %
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
All thumbs
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
Days lost "probably" on target but injuries lag
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
Site specifics: lifting operations
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.12.2006
Bridget Leathley discovers that web guidance on lifting operations is not always within easy reach.
Call centre guide
News | HSW | 01.12.2006
Back to backs
News | HSW | 01.11.2006
Minimising spillage and leaks
Richard Proctor | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
Eliminating spills from the workplace would involve eliminating carelessness, lapses of attention, even sheer bloody-mindedness, from human behaviour - but even then there would still be simple bad luck. Richard Proctor of Darcy Products shows how to prepare for workplace leaks and spillages.
Ridiculous EC case threatens UK safety law
Prosecutions and Claims | 01.11.2006
Occupational asthma
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
The UK has one of the highest rates of occupational asthma in the world, and it is still rising. Around a million people with existing asthma symptoms find that their working environment irritates their breathing system and makes the condition worse. Lawrence Bamber looks at occupational asthma, respiratory sensitisers and COSHH.
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