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Businesses urged to check waste bins after fatal incident involving rough sleeper

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Businesses and waste operators are being reminded of the importance of checking commercial waste bins, particularly during winter, following a fatal incident in which a man seeking shelter was killed after entering a recycling container. In May 2024, 36-year-old Vitalij Maceljuch climbed into a cardboard recycling bin behind a kitchen store in Chester to escape the cold.…

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Annual Update

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Each year we attend various updates and training sessions to help maintain our CPD and competency. We decided to share some slides from our most recent update and here they are: HSE priorities to 2032 Fatal injuries 2024/2025 by industry Fatalities by age / country Non fatal injuries Ill health Enforcement Biggest Fines Targets Consultations…

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Stress Awareness Week 2025 (3 to 7 November)

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Stress Awareness Week 2025 (3 to 7 November) Stress is a health and safety risk – and it’s the law to act. As Stress Awareness Week 2025 gets underway, HSE’s Working Minds campaign can help you do so. We’re reminding employers that work-related stress is a legal health and safety issue under: the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 In 2023/24, 776,000 workers reported suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety. This…

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Ladders and Stepladder

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Ladders and stepladders are not banned under health and safety law. The law calls for a sensible, proportionate approach to managing risk, and ladders can be a sensible and practical option for low-risk, short-duration tasks, although they should not automatically be your first choice. There are simple, sensible precautions you should take to stay safe when using portable leaning ladders and stepladders in the workplace.…

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BSR governance changes

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Reforms to the Building Safety Regulator bring new leadership, investment and process to accelerate housebuilding New Fast Track Process to enhance the review of newbuild applications, unblock delays and boost sector confidence    Measures will help delivery of 1.5 million safe, high-quality homes and speed up remediation   Reforms pave the way for the creation of a single construction regulator, as recommended by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Delays to building new high-rise homes will be unblocked through a new package of reforms to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) announced today. …

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Is my risk assessment approach suitable and sufficient?

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If you can answer ‘yes’ to all the questions, then your approach is likely to be considered a suitable and sufficient risk assessment for work related stress. Do you include all the steps in the risk assessment process? Do you focus on prevention and organisational level solutions? Do you include provision for dealing with other issues, eg individual issues?…

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