53rd Edition - March 2010
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DIARY DATE: SAFETY & HEALTH EXPO 2010 – 11-13 MAY 2010, NEC BIRMINGHAM |
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: GENDER ISSUES IN SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK |
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HSE Inspection Drive to Target Construction Contractors |
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Philip White, HSE’s Chief Inspector of Construction, has said on record that the lives of many workers are at risk on construction sites because of the negligence of its contractors who do not follow the health and safety rules stipulated by the government. According to him, most of the accidents that occur at such construction sites can be avoided only if its management takes some care.
Construction sites all over Britain are
considered as one of the most dangerous to work
in where safety rules are flouted regularly.
This claim of the HSE has been substantiated by
data which shows that fifty deaths have occurred
and 11,264 were injured while working at various
construction sites across the country during
2008-09. |
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Source: www.healthandsafetynews.co.uk |
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Call for 2010 DuPont Safety Awards Applications |
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The DuPont Safety Awards recognises outstanding achievements in fostering safety and protection at work and at home throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. What do these initiatives have in common? ► Designing innovative safety performance programmes for new subsidiaries ► Implementing behaviour-based safety programmes in Egypt ► Enabling a culture of individual ownership of safety in the London Underground ► Developing computer-based programmes to discuss personal safety ► Launching a global safety programme reducing LTAFR by more than 85% They were all winners of the 2009 DuPont Safety Awards! If your company has implemented an innovative safety programme, we would like to hear from you. For further details on how to apply for the 2010 DuPont Safety Awards, please click here.
Companies need to register their intent to apply by
30 June 2010. |
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Source: DuPont |
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Diary date: Safety & Health Expo 2010 – 11-13 May 2010, NEC Birmingham |
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Safety & Health Expo,
Europe’s largest annual health and safety event,
returns on 11 – 13 May 2010 to the NEC Birmingham.
The event, which will be hosted in partnership with
the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA),
the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) and
the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH),
was a huge success in 2009 attracting more than
19,000* industry professionals to the show. |
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Source: www.safety-health-expo.co.uk |
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International women's day: Gender issues in safety and health at work |
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Women make up 42% of the employed population in the EU. Men and women are not the same and the jobs they do, their working conditions and how they are treated by society are not the same. These factors can affect the hazards they face at work and the approach that needs to be taken to assess and control them. Factors to take into account include:
It is therefore important to recognise these
differences and take a 'gender sensitive'
approach to health and safety at work. |
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Source: osha.europa.eu |
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