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Tube workers exposed to high dust levels take more sick leave, but more research needed: study

London Underground staff working in parts of the network where particulate matter (PM2.5) levels are highest tend to take more sick leave than colleagues in less polluted areas, a new study led by Imperial College London has found.

By Kerry Reals on 15 March 2024

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Preventing hearing damage and cutting costs: practical noise control is key

Employers often wrongly assume that noise control techniques for machinery are both costly and impractical. In fact, simple, very low-cost engineering modifications that anyone can implement are often all that are required – and they may even be self-financing.

By Peter Wilson, Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre (INVC) on 14 March 2024

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Caught on camera

By Alasdair Field, CEO at Reveal on 01 June 2021

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Lone working: has Covid-19 changed the rules?

By Nicole Vazquez, Director, Worthwhile Training on 01 December 2020

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Lone worker monitoring alarms: the latest developments

By Rebecca Pick, Founder and CEO, Pick Protection on 01 May 2022

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Metal recycling firm fined £200,000 after worker’s arm had to be amputated

A scrap metal recycling firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee’s arm became entangled in a catalytic sampling machine and later had to be amputated.

By Kerry Reals on 07 March 2024

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CDM prosecutions – what can we learn from them?

Construction, design and management is an approach used within the construction industry that integrates all stages of a project. It considers all aspects of a construction process from the initial design and planning to the construction and maintenance of the building or structure.

By Kevin Bridges and Hannah Beaumont, Pinsent Masons on 15 March 2024

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Abuse of shopworkers is rising: we need to up our game

By Paddy Lillis, general secretary of the Usdaw union on 01 May 2023

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Why we need to harness new technology to prevent noise-induced hearing loss

By Neal Hill, consultant and member of UKHCA on 11 March 2024

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Work-shy and lonely, or creative and committed?

By Mike Robinson FCA, British Safety Council on 01 March 2024